Could deuterium be the key to finding aliens?
A new paper by UW ESS Professor David Catling and Assistant Professor Josh Krissansen-Totton, recently accepted in the Astrophysical Journal, explores how deuterium could play a key role in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Read moreTsunami researchers hunt for clues about the next big Pacific Northwest quake
ESS alum Carrie Garrison-Laney (UW Washington Sea Grant) is quoted and current ESS graduate student Bering Tse is mentioned in this Washington Post article on Cascadia paleotsunami research.
Read more at the Washington PostIs there hope for the James Webb Space Telescope and the TRAPPIST-1 planets after all?
A recent study published in Nature Communications led by ESS assistant professor Josh Krissansen-Totton is referenced in a video by popular science communicator Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford.
Watch on YouTubeThe power of a logjam: A vision of the Northwest's rivers of old
ESS professor of geomorphology David Montgomery and alum Tim Abbe are quoted.
Read more at the Seattle TimesESS in the Northwest Geological Society
The Northwest Geological Society meets most months for dinner talks. The November meeting included congratulations the Society founder, Eric Cheney upon his 80th birthday, and a talk by Brian Atwater that excerpted correspondence recently found by Thomas Ott in archives held by the Quaternary Research Center.
Read moreNASA funds effort to study effects of the space environment on living organisms
NASA recently awarded $2.5M to establish a regional scientific consortium, BioS-ENDURES, based at the University of Washington that will use an interdisciplinary approach to explore how the space environment affects living things. ESS Associate Professor Drew Gorman-Lewis is part of the interdisciplinary team.
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The Daily UW highlights ESS 130th Anniversary
ESS Professor Emerita Jody Bourgeois and Assistant Professor Akshay Mehra are quoted.
Read at the Daily UWRocky planets: A new target in the search for extraterrestrial life
Assistant Professor Joshua Krissansen-Totton is quoted.
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Rocky planets orbiting small stars could have stable atmospheres needed to support life
A UW-led study recently published in Nature Communications finds that certain rocky planets orbiting a small star 40 light years away may have stable atmospheres needed to support life. Lead author and ESS assistant professor Joshua Krissansen-Totton is quoted.
Read more at UW NewsWhat do this year's earthquakes mean for the Pacific Northwest?
Researchers at the United States Geological Survey and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network are looking into recent spikes in seismic activity across the Pacific Northwest. While USGS and PNSN seismologists are not alarmed, they do stress the importance of being ready. ESS Professor and PNSN Director Harold Tobin is quoted.
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