UW Researchers land $10.6M to build subduction zone observatory
Scientists and engineers from the UW School of Oceanography, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Applied Physics Lab, along with partners at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, recently...
View ArticlePowerful 3D modeling software donated to Earth and Space Science Department
The Earth and Space Sciences Department has recently been granted ten academic use licenses for the powerful software package MOVE Suite by Petroleum Experts, Ltd. (Petex), valued at more than $2.7...
View ArticleESS Alum and “Ranger of the Lost Art” Doug Leen releases new book
Doug Leen, or Ranger Doug as many now know him by, graduated with his Bachelors of Science from UW ESS (then Geological Sciences) in 1970 after serving two years in Vietnam in the United States Navy...
View ArticleSpirit Whales and Sloth Tales – Book Launch
The book Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State, written by Elizabeth A. Nesbitt, Burke Museum curator emerita of invertebrate and micropaleontology and former ESS faculty, and...
View ArticleIn the Field: Tracking seismic clues in one of the driest places on Earth
Unlike the Pacific Northwest, the Atacama Desert in Chile experiences very little rain. But the two regions are both seismically active. Faults in the Atacama Desert are slowly sliding past each other...
View ArticleStudy shows UW Farm practices restore soil health
The soil beneath our feet may not often catch our attention, but keeping it healthy can have major impacts on climate change and the overall sustainability of our food production system. A new study of...
View ArticleGeology’s “Girls in the Boat”
While the world celebrates again the “Boys in the Boat,” our department would like to celebrate two geology majors who played historical roles in UW Husky Women’s Crew.
View ArticleOpen Geology – ESS Alums and Faculty contribute to public geological...
Locals interested in learning more about Washington State geology may be familiar with Roadside Geology of Washington (2nd ed.), authored by UW geology alum Marli Miller (M.S., 1987; Ph.D., 1992) and...
View ArticleShallow soda lakes show promise as cradles of life on Earth
Charles Darwin proposed that life could have emerged in a “warm little pond” with the right cocktail of chemicals and energy. A study from the University of Washington reports that a shallow “soda...
View ArticleQ&A: How ‘slow slip’ earthquakes may be driven by deep hydraulic fracturing
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a massive geologic fault that last ruptured in January 1700. But while this fault has stayed quiet for centuries, it regularly generates small tremors that accompany...
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