“The Amazon is massive and maintains its own water cycle. If the balance breaks, it’s a major problem.” - SEFS Research Associate Professor Ernesto Alvarado

U.S. National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator program awardees include UW SEFS 🌲 researchers Mapping the Nation's Wetlands for Equitable Water Quality, Monitoring, Conservation, and Policy Development.

NSF invests $9.8M to advance equitable water solutions new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-inves…

Featuring SEFS Assistant Prof Greg Bratman!

Post-fire recovery is faster than expected in the forests of the western Cascades, SEFS-led study finds. sefs.uw.edu/2024/01/post-f… via UW SEFS 🌲

Today in Anderson Hall! From 4:00-5:00, join us for the next SEFS Seminar with Dr. Britt Johnson, 'From Fire Recovery to Food Production: Unearthing the Foundational Role of Soils in Ecosystem Function'.

How are forests recovering after recent large+severe wildfires in NW Cascades?
In work led by PhD student Madison M. Laughlin, we found..

..surprisingly fast, compared to many drier forests in the w US.
+Age of forest pre-fire is important!

Now out in FEM:sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Drone footage taken last summer may be the first ever sighting of a newborn great white shark.

“If confirmed, this putative sighting of a newborn white shark off the California coast is really exciting,' said UW SEFS 🌲 professor Aaron Wirsing.
cnn.com/2024/01/29/ame…

📢 #BOUsci24 KEYNOTE PRESENTER

Sarah Converse Sarah Converse
University of Washington, US UW SEFS 🌲

Use-inspired modelling: Demographic analysis in the context of conservation translocation decision making

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#ornithology

📣Grad students & postdocs doing #climate research Boise State University,Oregon State University,Portland State University,University of Montana,University of Washington,WSU Pullman 🐾 & WWU!

You can now APPLY for NW Climate Adaptation Science Center's 2024-25 Research Fellowship Program, supporting research+training in actionable sci! DL 3/11>bit.ly/24-25rfp
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Join us this afternoon for the the Kobe University Symposium: Ecosystem Management for Climate Change Adaptation and Societal Resilience, featuring two SEFS alums! This event will run 4:00-6:00 PM.

See the full list of seminars: sefs.uw.edu/news-and-event…

New research offers insights into the ideal use of prescribed burns in California, with the aim to reduce wildfire risks and safeguard public health.

Faculty Julian Marshall, along with researchers from UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and UW SEFS 🌲 contributed to the findings.
washington.edu/news/2024/01/1…

UW research helps California forest managers assess smoke hazards from prescribed burns washington.edu/news/2024/01/1…
I'm proud to be a coauthor of these two papers.

SEFS Research Associate Professor Ernesto Alvarado and former postdoc Joe Wilkins are co-authors:

“We were finally able to quantify the trade-off between reducing wildfire risks and its impacts on human health through prescribed burning at a local scale.' -Claire Schollaert, DEOHS PhD alum & @uclafsph postdoc, on work in NatureSustainability IOP Environment deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/presc…

Are you an undergraduate considering a career as a faculty member? Check out tomorrow’s UW SACNAS session on what’s it’s like to be a professor. Details below. UW College of the Environment UW SAFS UW SEFS 🌲 UW Atmos Sci UW Marine Affairs Marine Biology UW Earth & Space Sci UW Program on the Environment Climate Impacts Group Future Rivers EarthLab

Join us on Jan. 17th from 4-5 pm in the Forest Club Room as Dr. Brian Harvey presents: Forest resilience to fire and interacting disturbances in the northwest US in a period of rapid change

For the full schedule of upcoming seminar speakers, see here: sefs.uw.edu/2024/01/sefs-s…

We're hiring! Help SEFS communicate environmental science and natural resources research and engage our community. Apply by January 16, 2024.

uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates… #job #SciCommJob #UWJob

“People thought it was this really large animal that was creating a lot of conflict with livestock. And the truth is it was much smaller, and much, much less impactful on livestock than people thought,' UW SEFS 🌲 Alex McInturff told Science Magazine.
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As climate change alters snow patterns, animals face potential shifts in hunting dynamics. @UW_CEE and UW SEFS 🌲 Prof. Laura Prugh and Jessica Lundquist explore the impact on predator-prey interactions. 🌨️❄️ Learn more: bit.ly/3tIDyU2

How will climate change affect how predators hunt prey? Two University of Washington professors teamed up to find out. washington.edu/news/2023/12/1… via University of WashingtonNews