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• Two-mile Antarctic ice core could shed light on climate change

  A research project conducted by ~90 people from public/private universities and research institutions, including several UW scientists like Eric Steig and Becky Alexander, has extracted a core more than 2 miles in depth from Antarctic ice.

  Two-mile Antarctic ice core could shed light on climate change

• "Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash."

  July 29, 2008 News Analysis Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash. By ANDREW C. REVKIN

  "Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash."

• Domke Plenary "Values Communication: The Glue of Social Movements"

  David Domke's plenary presentation at the UW Focus the Nation event on January 31, 2008.

  Domke Plenary "Values Communication: The Glue of Social Movements"

• UW Climate Community and the Nobel-Winning 2007 IPCC Reports

  Dozens of UW scientists contributed to the IPCC report that shares the spotlight with Al Gore in receiveing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

  UW Climate Community and the Nobel-Winning 2007 IPCC Reports

• NY Times- "Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts"

  John Michael Wallace (UW ATMOS) and Ignatius Rigor (UW APL) are quoted in this article about the absence of ice in the Arctic at summer's end, and the prognosis for the future.

  NY Times- "Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts"

• NPR: Explorers Find Thin Ice at the North Pole

  How spring research on the ice is changing as global temperatures increase.

  NPR: Explorers Find Thin Ice at the North Pole

• Glass Sponges Discovered off Washington Coast

  Paul Johnson and crew went in search of reefs composed of siliceous sponges, and found one in association with methane seeps off Washington's coast.

  Glass Sponges Discovered off Washington Coast

• July 25, 2007 - Seattle Times. Rising sea, rising threat: What Puget Sound risks

  July 25, 2007 - Seattle Times. Rising sea, rising threat: What Puget Sound risks

• Generating electricity using underwater tidal turbines in Snohomish County

  Snohomish County PUD's venture into generating electricity using underwater tidal turbines is cranking to life. Phil Malte, a University of Washington College of Engineering professor, was hired by the PUD to develop models of currents in Puget Sound.

  Generating electricity using underwater tidal turbines in Snohomish County