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Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in BC's Salish Sea
Researchers, including UW biology's Deborah Giles, are tagging chinook salmon in a bid to track their main prey
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Should the Judiciary Be Making US Climate Policy?
Aseem Prakash, Director of the Center for Environmental Politics, and Nives Dolsak, associate director of the School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, weigh in on the topic.
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The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit. Scientists warn it’s the latest sign something is wrong
UW biologist Deborah Giles is one of many dismayed by the latest reminder of a population on the brink.
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First book published on fishes of the Salish Sea
“Fishes of the Salish Sea” is a three-volume book and is the culmination of more than 40 years of research.
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ArtsUW Roundup: Last week to see MFA + MDes exhibition at the Henry, opening of Beverly Semmes, concert at the library, and more
This week in the arts, visit an exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery or the Center for Urban Horticulture, attend a concert at the library, attend a field poetics workshop, and more!
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This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art
These Washington researchers have made sure that the identities — and vivid colors — of the fish that live beneath the surface in our waters is known.
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Climate change expert named 2019 ASLD
UW honors longtime Harvard professor and one of America's leading climate change scientists, James Anderson (BS, Physics, 1966).
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Cecilia Vicuña's Art Requires a Different Kind of Looking
The Chilean artist contemplates the "about to happen" in her first major solo exhibition in the United States at the Henry Art Gallery.
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High radiation levels found in giant clams near U.S. nuclear dump in Marshall Islands
Professor of Anthropology, Holly Barker, weighs in on the latest findings.
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Seattle port could play key role in race to rule the Arctic
Scott Montgomery, a lecturer at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Affairs, weighs in on the new ice breaker.
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Climate change has contributed to droughts since 1900—and may get worse
Biology and Atmospheric Sciences professor Abigail Swann responds to a new study using tree rings to trace climate change and drought.
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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.
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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.
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A pod of orcas is starving to death. A tribe has a radical plan to feed them
With Washington state orca populations under threat, the Lummi Nation have their own rescue strategy. Sam Wasser of the Center for Conservation Biology and others weigh in.
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Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice after ‘unprecedented’ failure to breed
Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies.