Ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet doesn’t just melt. The ice actually slides rapidly across its bed toward the ice sheet’s edges.
UW Researchers Lead Team Discovering Ice Is Sliding Toward Edges off Greenland Ice Sheet
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New Research Helps Managers and Ship Crews Predict Locations of Blue Whales so Ships Can Maintain Safe Distances
A new model based on daily oceanographic data and the movements of tagged whales has opened the potential for stakeholders to see where in the ocean endangered blue whales are most likely to be so that ships can avoid hitting them.
Heat, Salt, Drought: This Barley Can Withstand the Challenges of Climate Change
Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop yields even under poor environmental conditions.
Sloppy Sea Urchins
Sea urchins have gotten a bad rap on the Pacific coast. The spiky sea creatures can mow down entire swaths of kelp forest, leaving behind rocky urchin barrens.
20 Overlooked Benefits of Distributed Solar Energy
A study released today provides the most complete list yet of the advantages of solar energy — from carbon sequestration to improvements for pollinator habitat.
Cycling Success May Hold Key to Land Savings
Making minor changes to how food is produced, supplied and consumed around the world could free up around a fifth of agricultural land, research suggests.
