Research
Largest Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
During the next 6 years Operation Ice Bridge, with Physical Oceanography Professor Seelye Martin as Chief Scientist, will use aircraft to conduct what NASA says is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at the Earth's polar regions. The plan is to map key areas in each polar region once a year. Follow his blog, part of the project's overall Web site at http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/.
News
Vanilla Downstream
Puget Sound water samples contain a cornucopia of flavors: cinnamon, vanilla, thyme, sage and chocolate. All these herbs and spices wind up in the Puget Sound from our wastewater. Assoc. Professor Richard Keil, head of the Sound Citizen program, says that the spice project has become a successful recipe for educating people, especially schoolkids, "that everything you do is connected to the watershed". Read the National Geographic News article...
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Regional Scale Nodes, UW
Wiring sea-floor observatories
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is underway. The Regional Scales Nodes component, directed by Oceanography Professor John R. Delaney, will revolutionize data collection in the Pacific Northwest.
Upcoming Student Events
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Wed Nov 18 |
4:30 - 6:30 pm |
UW College of Education Open House, Miller Hall 301. For more information, go to openhouse2009.html. |
Wed Nov 18 |
5 - 7 pm |
"Meet, Greet, Teach": An Informal Conversation about Interdisciplinary Teaching on Environmental Issues for Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Faculty, Mary Gates Hall 258 |
Thu Nov 19 |
6:30 pm |
Student Conservation Association U District meeting, Cafe Solstice, 4116 University Way NE |
Thu Nov 26 |
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Thanksgiving Day (no class) |
Fri Nov 27 |
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Thanksgiving (no class) |
Fri Dec 11 |
Autumn 2009 - Last day of Instruction |
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Mon Dec 14 - Fri Dec 18 |
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