Q&A: How rate of CO2 rise can affect a global ocean current | UW News

How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower i

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Pacific Northwest’s busiest volcano predicted to erupt by end of 2025

Thanks to a dense array of sensors on the volcano’s summit and flanks, scientists know that Axial Seamount has been swelling with magma and getting taller, a sign that it’s ready to go off.

WA is a hotbed for carbon capture research. What is it anyway?

The concept of carbon capture, removal and storage is fairly simple, but in practice it’s much more complicated and controversial.

Why icy alien oceans could harbor life

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide

Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state."

SPONSORED | King tides and big storms: Washington winter coast escapes

In mid-January, the last of winter's "king tides" will roll onto shore — some up to 16 feet or more. Find out where to see the biggest of these swells.

Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the ‘warm blob’ in the...

Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as “the blob.” Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed