NASA announced last week that both the University of Washington STRIVE team and the UW-affiliated EDGE team were selected to lead satellite missions to better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.

Artificial light from major coastal cities can disrupt the nighttime biology of sharks, according to new research that provides the first-ever measurements of melatonin—a hormone tied to biological rhythms—in wild sharks.

A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde reveals exactly this tension.

Corals living in coastal bays with strongly fluctuating temperatures and environmental conditions are better able to withstand heat and other stressors than their counterparts on more stable reefs.

A global analysis of glacier surging, led by the University of Portsmouth, reveals the hazards they cause, and how climate change is making their behaviour increasingly difficult to predict.

WashU chemical engineers work to bring stability to iron components in fuel-cell technologies.

Arctic sea ice has large effects on the global climate. 

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long drought transformed life on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) beginning around the year 1550. 

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. 

In late September 2024, Tropical Storm Helene swept across the south-eastern United States.