Environment

UW professors, including English professor Jesse Oak Taylor, explore ways to reduce the carbon footprint of academic conferences. 

Op-ed by Professor James Wellman, Professor and Chair of the Comparative Religion Program in the Jackson School of International Studies 

Artist Sara Siestreem speaks at the Henry Art Gallery about what it means to be a tribe member, artist, educator

UW's new Life Sciences Building took the top honor after public voting across the region.

Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.

The Backstory: ‘Paleo-nerds’ collided at Seattle’s Burke Museum, resulting in friendship — and 2 science books featuring Troll’s quirky art.

A reptile about the size of an iguana was the king of Antarctica is now part of the permanent collection at the Burke Museum.

Taber Hand (MA, 1983) has found a cost-effective solution for sewage treatment in challenging settings.

Analysis from international studies lecturer, Scott Montgomery

A newly discovered species of whale — found preserved in ancient rock on the Oregon coast — has been named for a University of Washington paleontologist.

Op-ed by Nives Dolsak, marine and environmental affairs; Aseem Prakash and Steven Karceski, Center for Environmental Politics

The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.

Every autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins leave their coastal nesting sites in South America. For adults, their summer task — breeding, or at least trying to — is complete. Newly fledged chicks and adults gradually head out to sea to spend the winter feeding. They won’t return to land until spring.

After spending roughly 4.9 million years in Ellensburg, the jaw bone of deer is making its way to the collection at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus in Seattle.

Aseem Prakash, founding director of the UW Center for Environmental Politics, comments on the climate impacts of scooters.