Rolling Stone reports on the changing state of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica and how it could affect sea levels worldwide. The mainstream article quotes research previously published by PSC’s Ian Joughin, along with Ben Smith and alumnus Brooke Medley.
Posts Tagged «2017»
48° North covers the changing state of the Northwest Passage from a sailor’s point of view. The magazine also includes their brief conversation with PSC’s Harry Stern who provides some of the science behind the fluctuating Arctic sea ice.
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), publisher of the largest academic ranking of global universities, has released their global rankings of academic disciplines for 2017. Find out which UW programs made the list…
The Christian Science Monitor reports on research findings that a large portion of sea ice decline in the Arctic is caused by natural changes. The study was recently published in Nature Climate Change and CSM interviews some of the authors Qinghua Ding, Axel Schweiger and David Battisti.
The Pew Charitable Trust has awarded Kristin Laidre one of their fellowships for marine conservation. Her research will involve the effect of melting sea ice on polar bears and the indigenous communities that rely on them. Read more about it in UW Today. Congratulations, Kristin!
Ware, J.V., K.D. Rode, J.F. Bromaghin, D. Douglas, R.W. Wilson, E.V. Regehr, S.C. Amstrup, G. Durner, A. Pagano, J.Olson, C.T. Robbins, and H.T. Jansen. 2017. The behavioral response of polar bears to habitat degradation in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3839-y
Contributing author of the Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) assessment, Ch. 6.2: “Changes in sea ice thermodynamics, age and dynamic processes” (2017).
The Alaska Dispatch News reports on the study published in Global Change Biology of beluga whale migration patterns influenced by changes of the annual Arctic freeze-up. PSC authors include Donna Hauser, Kristin Laidre, and Harry Stern. The article also makes a parallel comparison to a study of ice retreat, published in JGR Oceans, co-authored by PSC’s Rebecca Woodgate.