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Carbon in Earth’s atmosphere reaches highest mark in modern history, scientists say
“This past year’s slowing of greenhouse gas emissions was like turning down the tap just a little bit on a bathtub that’s already overflowing. Stopping the damage requires turning off the tap completely.” Amy Snover, UW Climate Impacts Group director was quoted in the story.
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Apply Now to the APRU-UW Student Global Climate Change Simulation
Experience what it’s like to be a delegate at the 2021 UN Climate Change Negotiations. All current UW students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, are encouraged to apply by June 9, 2021.
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Population health grants boost wildfire and climate research
In addition the the EarthLab-Population Health grant awarded to "Characterizing risk communication around smoke exposure in rural and tribal communities in the Okanogan River airshed emphasis area," EarthLab celebrates member organization directors Jeremy Hess (Climate Health and the Global Environment) and Jason Vogel (Climate Impacts Group) for their newly funded project, "A collaboratory to support equitable and just climate action"
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For tribes, climate change fight is about saving culture
Climate Impacts Group Meade Crosby was quoted in this article.
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Pending Job Openings in Climate Variability, Change, Impacts, and Adaptation
The Climate Adaptation Science Center network is preparing for several positions to come available in the next year, focused on the impacts of climate variability and change on ecosystems, natural resources, cultural resources, infrastructure, tribal lands and waters, urban and rural settlements and economic development. The network is seeking contact information for scholars with experience and interest in these subjects, as well as in developing actionable science with stakeholders with demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Martinique’s Pink Mangroves Signal an Ecosystem Under Stress from Climate Change
Frederique is an associate Ph.D. student with the University of Cambridge and a fellow for The Nippon Foundation: Nereus Program. She and her colleagues were able to confirm the cause of the pink water that appeared in Martinique's mangrove forests over the summer.
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EarthLab Welcomes Program on Climate Change to EarthLab Affiliates
EarthLab announced today that the Program on Climate Change (PCC) has become an EarthLab Affiliate Organization. EarthLab Affiliates are University of Washington-based organizations that are similarly seeking to address critical and complex environmental issues. EarthLab and Affiliates support each other’s programs by sharing information, ideas and networks in order to catalyze new relationships and research projects.
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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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Accelerating our global response to a worsening crisis
UW’s new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health asked five of the University’s leading voices on climate change and decarbonization to discuss how we can move forward from the pandemic in ways that deliver environmental resilience and positive health outcomes for all.
Amy Snover, director of the Climate Impacts Group and university director of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, contributed to the series with the following essay.
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We Need Unity and a Multifaceted Approach to West's Wildfires
Crystal Raymond Ph.D. is a climate adaptation specialist with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington EarthLab. She has conducted research on fire science and climate change for more than 15 years.
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