EarthLab News
For tribes, climate change fight is about saving culture
Climate Impacts Group Meade Crosby was quoted in this article.
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How to avoid cabin fever in WA’s pandemic winter
With mental health on the line, Washingtonians are finding creative, safe ways to get outside. Nature and Health's director Josh Lawler is quoted in this Crosscut article.
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VIDEO: WOAC and partners profiled in AGU Thought Leadership Series
This year, the Washington Ocean Acidification Center was selected to be included in the AGU Thought Leadership Series, which profiles the work and research of urgent environmental issues. WOAC was selected due to the desire to spotlight centers that are "working against the clock" to alleviate ocean acidification.
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UW ranked No. 7 nationally for graduate entrepreneurship in 2021 Princeton Review rankings
EarthLab was mentioned alongside other UW institutes and centers as an example of university innovation.
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Congratulations to the UW Highly Cited Researchers
Researchers Eddie Allison (Ocean Nexus), Julian Olden (Future Rivers) and Spencer Wood (Nature and Health) are affiliated with EarthLab
Read moreHow social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management: Part I
Sarah Carr, editor at The Skimmer, interviewed Ocean Nexus Director Yoshi Ota and Ocean Nexus Deputy Director Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor to learn about how social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management. This is the first excerpt.
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Washington Commissioner’s Climate Summit Highlighted Area, Global Vulnerabilities
Dr. Amy Snover of the Climate Impacts Group was a key speaker at the Washington Commissioner’s Climate Summit. National insurance publication Insurance Journal covered the event.
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EarthLab’s ‘Voices Unbound’ second season talks of social tensions from COVID-19
“Voices Unbound: Enviro-Amplify” is a podcast created by EarthLab and UW Tacoma, and hosted by Robin Evans-Agnew associate professor in the school’s Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Program. The podcast has now published its second season.
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As Wildfire Smoke Clears, King County’s Airport Communities Continue Fight for Clean Air
The EarthLab Innovation Grants is funding a study that will rely on drones to measure the effect of vegetation on ultrafine particles. Researchers hope the study will offer insight on the role of urban planning programs that use greenery to mitigate particulate air pollution.
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Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it
University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell was quoted in this story from Associated Press. Chris Schell is a recipient of an EarthLab Innovation Grant.
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