Environment

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. 

Analysis from Aseem Prakash of the Center for Environmental Politics.

UW political science professor and founding director of the Center for Environmental Politics, Aseem Prakash, on the potential impact of initiative 1631

UW Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers' research on the effect of climate change on plants is described in a recent article.

Two UW scientists, Abigail Swann (assistant professor, biology and atmospheric sciences) and Marlies Kovenock (biology doctoral student),  have discovered that plants with thicker leaves may exacerbate the effects of climate change because they would be less efficient in sequestering atmospheric carbon, a fact that climate change models to date have not taken into account.

Aseem Prakash, founding director of the UW's Center for Environmental Politics, said the Marshall Islands’ move spoke to a growing trend around carbon neutrality.

Research team led by UW Professor Takato Imaizumi discovers gene activity in plants that leads to flowering.

The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.

At the University of Washington, biology is the most popular STEM major at the Seattle campus, with more than 600 bachelors’ degrees awarded annually.

Expected to open in early September, the 207,000-square-foot building will be ready to host students in the fall. 

Rod Crawford, Curator of Arachnids at the University of Washington's Burke Museum, debunks spider myths. 

UW Biology professor Dee Boersma weighs in on the alarming and overwhelming evidence of the penguin population shrinkage.

Corresponding author Ka-Kit Tung, UW professor of applied mathematics, newly published paper explains why air temperatures will rise more quickly than the rate since 2000.