Graubard Fellowship supports high resolution mapping of Sea Surface Temperature anomalies
by Naomi Wharton
The ocean can store approximately 1000 times more heat than the atmosphere. As a result, where and when energy is released from the ocean to the atmosphere can have significant consequences for weather and climate patterns. Sea surface temperature (SST) is a key indicator of air-sea processes that transfer energy between the ocean and atmosphere across many spatial and temporal scales.
PNW Climate Ambassador Program-Accepting Applications until Feb 1
The new PNW Climate Ambassadors program at the University of Washington seeks to train graduate students studying climate change, its impacts, or potential responses to effectively engage with various sectors of the public. The program will train a cohort of about 10 graduate students to develop presentations on a climate-related topic of interest to a unique sector of the public that is also related to the students’ own area of expertise.
Roles of Uncultured Microbes in the Nitrogen Cycle of Oxygen Deficient Zones
by Jordan Winter, UW Oceanography Graduate Student
Oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) are areas of the ocean with sluggish circulation that result in anoxic water columns hundreds of meters thick. These regions harbor many unique microbes and are expanding in depth and extent due to climate change.
Updates
Longtime PCC Board Members Gerard Roe (ESS) and Rob Wood (ATM S) honored with AGU awards.
Earth and Space Sciences’ Gerard Roe has been awarded the John F. Nye Lecture, and Atmospheric and Climate Sciences’ Rob Wood was inducted into the AGU Fellows program. Congratulations!
AGU honors two PCC Board Members
