In the News
2009
NOVEMBER 2009
NOAA OAR Update, November 5, 2009
JISAO/PMEL Research Highlighted in NOAA Update »
Keywords:
Muyin Wang, Arctic Report Card
Blog.SeattlePI.com, November 3, 2009
JISAO Creates Web Site for those Worried about Green River Flooding »
Keywords: Karin Bumbaco, Howard Hanson Dam
OCTOBER 2009
Scienceblogs/ScienceWoman.com, October 8, 2009
From Tropical Forests to Peer Mentoring - An Emerging Force in Earth Science »
Keywords: Meredith Hastings
SEPTEMBER 2009
American Samoa Hit by Tsunami After Earthquake in Pacific
Keywords: Christopher Moore, Vasily Titov, Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, DART buoys
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES COVER JISAO'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE EVENT:
NPR, October 1, 2009
Military Searches for Bodies, Brings Aid to Samoans »
Media-Newswire.com, October 1, 2009
US Sending Assessment Teams to Tsunami-Stricken Areas »
TheGlobeAndMail.com, September 30, 2009
Dozens Killed in South Pacific Tsunami »
LiveScience.com, September 30, 2009
Tsunami Warning System Didn't Help Samoans »
KHON2.com, September 29, 2009
Earthquake Happens During Tsunami Exercise »
KITV.com, September 29, 2009
Little Impact Seen In Hawaiian Waters: Many Beachgoers Ignore Warnings »
KGMB9.com, September 29, 2009
Local Businesses Challenged by Tsunami »
KATU.com, September 29, 2009
Hawaii Spared Effects of Deadly Tsunami »
End of "American Samoa Hit by Tsunami After Earthquake in Pacific" news links.
ENS-Newswire.com, September 30, 2009
1,000 US Mayors Have Signed Climate Protection Pledge »
Keywords: Climate Impacts Group
NOAA, September 25, 2009
NOAA Taking El Niño Awareness to the Streets »
Nature.com, September 23, 2009
Atmospheric Science: Cloudy with a Chance of Science »
Keywords: Thomas Ackerman, Aerosols
King5.com, September 2, 2009
UW Wins Major Grant to Explore Ocean Floor »
Keywords:
Ocean Observatories Initiative, Mark Emmert, Regional Scales Nodes (RSN)
AUGUST 2009
Murray.Senate.gov, August 19, 2009
Senator Murray Announces $1.5 Million for UW Pacific Northwest Climate Change Research »
NOAAWorld.gov, August 18, 2009
Students Trade Lazy Days of Summer for NOAA Science Camp »
Keywords:
Mick Spillane, Drew Hamilton
EarthTimes.org, August 18, 2009
Around the Americas Project Deploys Buoys to Collect Data on Changing Oceans and Consequences of Global Warming »
Keywords:
Ocean Watch, Global Drifter Program, APL, Ignatius Rigor
JULY 2009
7thSpace.com, July 18, 2009
Unplanned Tsunami Forecast Demonstrated at Tsunami Symposium in Russia »
Keywords: Vasily Titov, PMEL, Dusky Sound earthquake, DART
NOAA.gov, July 17, 2009
Tsunami Symposium Sees NOAA Research Forecast in Action »
Keywords: Vasily Titov, PMEL, Dusky Sound earthquake, DART
SeattleTimes.com, July 10, 2009
El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics »
Keywords: Nick Bond
TheNewsTribune.com, July 10, 2009
Record-Breaking Dry Spell Bodes Ill »
Keywords: Phil Mote, precipitation, Climate Impacts Group, drought
UWNews.org, July 9, 2009
Western Washington Appears Poised for Another Extremely Dry Summer »
Keywords: Phil Mote, Karin Bumbaco
KUOW.org, July 8, 2009
Listen to JISAO's Ignatius Rigor talk about Arctic Sea Ice Research »
UPI.com, July 7, 2009
Climate Found Most Important in Wildfires »
Keywords: Jeremy Littell, Climate Impacts Group, forest fires
JUNE 2009
Eurekalert.org, June 25, 2009
CIG Scientist Jeremy Littell Leads Study on Wildfire Growth in the West »
Keywords: Climate Impacts Group, fire fuels, climate-fire relationship, ecosystems
TriCityHerald.com, June 14, 2009
Oysters in Deep Trouble »
Keywords: PMEL,
ocean acidification, Richard Feely, Chris Sabine
NBCLosAngeles.com, June 7, 2009
JISAO Forcaster Predicts El Nino Conditions »
Keywords: Nathan Mantua, drought
SignOnSanDiego.com, June 6, 2009
Conditions Brewing for Possible El Nino »
Keywords: Nathan Mantua, weather patterns, drought
Discovery.com, June 5, 2009
Undersea Volcanic Eruptions Spotted in Action »
Keywords: Joseph Resing, PMEL
TheGlobeAndMail.com, September 30, 2009
Dozens Killed in South Pacific Tsunami »
JISAO-Funded Study Reveals How Humans Have Disrupted the Nitrogen Cycle
Keywords: Meredith Hastings, Brown University
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES / MEDIA LINKS COVER THE REPORT:
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org, June 9, 2009
Ice Core Reveals Nitrogen Secrets »
EurekaAlert.org, June 4, 2009
New Proxy Reveals How Humans Have Disrupted the Nitrogen Cycle »
MongaBay.com, June 4, 2009
Burning Fossil Fuels is Disrupting Nitrogen Cycle »
Brown University News, June 4, 2009
New Proxy Reveals How Humans Have Disrupted the Nitrogen Cycle »
ScienceBlog.com, June 4, 2009
JISAO-Funded Research on Disruption of the Nitrogen Cycle »
End of "JISAO-Funded Study Reveals How Humans Have Disrupted the Nitrogen Cycle" news links.
MAY 2009
SeattleTimes.com, May 20, 2009
EPA Public Hearing on Greenhouse Gases »
Keywords: Phil Mote, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act
SeattleTimes.com, May 12, 2009
Climate Change Cutting Cascade Snowpack »
Keywords:Climate Impacts Group, Joseph Casola
UWnews.org, May 12, 2009
JISAO Funding Supports Snowpack Research in the Cascades »
Keywords: Phil Mote,
climate change, snow, Dennis Lettenmaier
PeninsulaDailyNews.com, May 11, 2009
CIG Study
Serves as Model for Local Communities Responding to Climate Change »
Keywords: Climate Impacts Group, global warming
PitchEngine.com, May 11, 2009
'A Sea Change' Screens on World Ocean Day »
Keywords: SIFF, film festival, Ed Miles, ocean acidification, documentary, PMEL
IdahoStatesman.com, May 4, 2009
All We Do Now to Save Salmon Could Mean Nothing »
Keywords: Nate Mantua, salmon, climate change, endangered species, river
APRIL 2009
UWnews.org, April 23, 2009
JISAO's
Ed Miles Named Fellow of American Academy of Arts & Sciences »
Keywords: University Week, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
JISAO a partner in new project: Around
The Americas to
examine ocean health and marine conservation»
Keywords:Pacific Science Center, ocean health, APL
JISAO's Muyin Wang is co-author of "A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years?"
Read Report: Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 36, L07502, doi:10.1029/2009GL037820, 2009»
Keywords: Muyin Wang, JISAO, NOAA, Arctic Ocean, sea ice, global warming, greenhouse PMELTHE FOLLOWING ARTICLES / MEDIA LINKS COVER THE REPORT:
Sci-Tech Today, July 13, 2009
Arctic Could Loose Majority of Ice in 30 Years»
ABC News (AP), April 3, 2009
Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Believed: Most Sea Ice in the Arctic Could Be Gone in 30 Years, Sooner Than Thought, Study Says»Agence France-Presse, April 3, 2009
Arctic May be Ice-Free in 30 years: study [pdf*]»AZOCleanTech.com, April 4, 2009
Arctic Ocean May Have No Ice in 30 Years, Three Times Faster Than Previously Thought»
[pdf* version]CalgaryHerald.com (Canada), April 3, 2009
Arctic may be ice-free in 30 years: study»Canada.com, April 2, 2009
Arctic could go ice-free with in decades: Study»
[pdf* version]China.com, April 3, 2009
U.S. study: Ice-free Arctic summers likely sooner than expected»CosmosMagazine.com (Australia), April 6, 2009
Arctic to be near ice-free within 30 years»CTV.ca (AP) (Canada), April 3, 2009
Study says Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected»
[pdf* version]DailyTimes.com (Pakistan), April 6, 2009
Arctic may be ice-free in 30 years: study»
[pdf* version]E&E News PM, April 2, 2009
CLIMATE: Polar summers could be ice-free in 30 years [pdf*]»The Hindu, April 3, 2009
Arctic Ocean to lose ice cover in 30 years»LATimes.com, April 2, 2009
Arctic sea ice gone in 30 years -- what will become of wildlife?»
[pdf* version]MontrealGazette.com (Canada), April 3, 2009
Arctic may be ice-free in 30 years: study»
[pdf* version]msnbc.com, April 2, 2009
Dramatic Arctic sea ice shrinkage predicted: Maximum area within 30 years expected to be third of last year's low level» (includes interactive media)
[pdf* version]NOAA Daily Clips, April 3, 2009
Early Briefing Articles»NYTimes.com (AP), April 2, 2009
Study: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Expected»
[pdf* version]Science Magazine, March 27, 2009
GLOBAL WARMING: Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Vanish Soon But Not Suddenly [pdf*]»SMH.com.au (Australia), April 5, 2009
We're skating on very thin ice»
[pdf* version]TheTechHerald.com, April 5, 2009
Study finds ice-free Arctic possible within 30 years»
[pdf* version]usatoday.com, Science Fair Blog, April 2, 2009
Ice-free Arctic possible in 32 years»usatoday.com, Inside Weather Blog , April 2, 2009
Summer icecap in Arctic may be nearly gone in 30 years»UW News, April 9, 2009
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated»
[pdf* version]UW News, April 2, 2009
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated»Yahoo News (AP), April 3, 2009
Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected»YubaNet.com, April 6, 2009
Ice-Free Arctic Ocean Possible in 30, Not 90, Years»
[pdf* version]VancouverSun.com (Canada), April 3, 2009
Arctic may be ice-free in 30 years: study»End of "A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years" news links.
MARCH 2009
PitchEngine.com, March 1, 2009
Climate change & ocean film features NOAA and JISAO researchers: A Sea Change [pdf*]»
A Sea Change: imagine a world without fish website»
Keywords: Edward Miles, Richard Feely, climate change, ocean acidification
FEBRUARY 2009
Tom Ackerman named Chair of GEWEX Scientific Steering Group
Read about the change in leadership of the GEWEX Scientific
Steering Group in the GEWEX News.
[pdf*]»
JISAO's Climate Impacts Group releases report "Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment"
Read "Washington Climate Changes Impacts Assessment" report»
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES / MEDIA LINKS COVER THE REPORT:
King5.com, February 11, 2009
UW study predicts major climate changes in next decade» (includes video)
[pdf* version]
KOMOnews.com, February 11, 2009
Study: Climate change to impact Wash.»
[pdf* version]
KUOW.org / NPR Weekday, February 11, 2009
"Climate Change Report" audio of live interview with Philip Mote, Marketa McGuire Elsner, Jay Manning, and Janice Adair»
Insciences.org - Basel, Switzerland, February 11, 2009
New State Climate Report Indicates Coming Decades Will be Challenging»
[pdf* version]
MyNorthwest.com, February 11, 2009
Group releases climate impact forecast for Washington State»
(includes link to audio of Dave Ross interviewing Philip Mote) [pdf* version]
The News Tribune, February 11, 2009
Warming will affect water, wildfires in state, study says»
[pdf* version]
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, February 11, 2009
Report looks at climate impacts on infrastructure (subscriber preview)»
Seattle PI, February 11, 2009
Less water, more heat forecast for state: Report details climate change in Washington»
[pdf* version]
The Seattle Times, February 11, 2009
Report: Climate change to wallop state»
[pdf* version]
University Week, February 11, 2009
New state climate report indicates coming decades will be challenging»
[pdf* version]
End of "Washington Climate Changes Impacts Assessment" news links.
Vancouver Sun (Canada), February 4, 2009
Obama's climate change initiative 'best hope' for salmon [pdf*]»
Keywords: Nathan Mantua, climate change, JISAO, Pacific salmon
JANUARY 2009
NOAA, January 15, 2009
Northern Fur Seal Pup Estimate Decline: Lowest Birth Rate Since 1916»
Keywords: NOAA, Bering Sea, fisheries, environment
KOMO, January 13, 2009
Humans to blame for frequent '100-year floods'? [pdf*]»
Keywords: Jeremy Littell, Nathan Mantua, Climate Impacts Group, flooding
Seattle Times, January 12, 2009
As nature's buffers disappear, flooding becomes routine in Puget Sound region [pdf*]»
Keywords: Phil Mote, flooding, climate shift, development policy
OregonLive.com, January 11, 2009
As nature's buffers disappear, flooding becomes routine in Puget Sound region [pdf*]»
Keywords: Phil Mote, pollution, soot, snowpacks, computer modeling,
Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 8, 2009
Why is Washington so wet? It's just the weather»
Keywords: Phil Mote, Climate Impacts Group, climate changes
newscientist.com, January 6, 2009
JISAO scientist Nick Bond quoted in "Why storms are good news for fishermen" [pdf*]»
Keywords: Nicholas Bond, ocean temperature, storms, fisheries
Portland Business Journal, January 5, 2009
Philip Mote, research scientist with the Climate Impacts Group named first director for Oregon Climate Change Research Institute [pdf*]»
Keywords: Philip Mote, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), climate change
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