EarthLab News
EarthLab Expands 2021 Innovation Grants Program to $450,000
The 50% increase in available funding means more teams will be awarded in this cycle.
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Apply Now for a new Ocean Nexus Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position (based within Dalhousie University)
The Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University, in partnership with the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the University of Washington EarthLab, are hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) for a project aiming to evaluate economic security outcomes of public social safety measures in coastal and fishing communities and explore what policy solutions would best support marginalized and under-served populations of the seafood sector. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis by January 31, 2022.
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Worrisome trends and a ‘code red’ for health in the face of climate change
A new Lancet Countdown report on climate change and human health features CHanGE Director Dr. Jeremy Hess
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Nature and Health Researcher Kathleen Wolf featured in recent White House fact sheet
As the climate continues to change, so too must our response in how we address it. Cities in the Pacific Northwest and all across the United States experienced high heat events in summer 2021.
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Application Now Open for Future Rivers Cohort 2022/23
Future Rivers is now accepting applications for their third cohort, to begin Autumn quarter 2022. Please spread the word and encourage any prospective or current PhD or Masters students from any discipline across campus to apply by January 28, 2022 to be considered for funding.
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Video: A Climate Conversation with Seattle Mayoral Candidates
The two Seattle mayoral candidates, Lorena González and Bruce Harrell, joined EarthLab and the Center for Environmental Politics for a timely virtual conversation about climate change policy, including adaptation and mitigation strategies and the intersection of climate change and social justice.
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Announcing the 2021 EarthLab Innovation Grants RFP
The Innovation Grants Program will invest in teams of community partners and academic researchers and students at the University of Washington (UW) who are interested in developing solutions at the intersection of climate change and social justice. Letters of Intent are due January 27, 2022.
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UW Climate Impacts Group, partner organizations launch the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative
The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative will advance efforts to adapt to climate change in frontline communities — communities that have been excluded from spaces of power and who are disproportionately facing the impacts of climate change.
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The Spokesman Review: Washington could see more mosquitoes with hotter, longer summers
Moisture and heat are key to the mosquito life cycle. Change one of those elements, or both, and the population and our vulnerability to it will likely change, said Cory Morin, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington. Cory co-led an EarthLab Innovation Grants project that assessed Climate Driven Zoonotic Disease Risk in Washington state.
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