Scientists know that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide have risen sharply in recent years. But a study released in Paris reports a surprising and dramatic increase in the most important greenhouse gas -- water vapor -- during the last half-century.
Instruments anchored by 2 1/2 miles of cable to the seafloor at the North Pole should give year-round information about layers of water that help determine how thick -- or thin -- the ice is in the Arctic.
The United States seriously lags behind England and Germany when it comes to computer-driven climate research, and a University of Washington scientist says it is time to take dramatic steps toward leadership in the field.
Unlike normally developing and mentally retarded children, autistic 3-and 4-year-olds do not react to a picture of their mother but do react when they see a picture of a familiar toy, a University of Washington psychologist has found.
Joseph Duncan, formerly of Oracle Corp. and Borland International, has joined the University of Washington's Cell Systems Initiative as chief of operations and information technology.
The University of Washington's research into understanding and finding life in the universe received a major boost with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and membership in NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
A committee of leading physicists, appointed by the Institute of Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington, is advocating the renovation of the 125-year-old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a unique underground science laboratory.
Earth's most severe mass extinction -- an event 250 million years ago that wiped out 90 percent of all marine species and 70 percent of land vertebrates -- was triggered by a collision with a comet or asteroid, according to new findings by a team led by a University of Washington scientist. (Science, 2-23-01)
University of Washington scientists using gravity measurements to hunt for evidence of dimensions in addition to those already known have found that those dimensions would have to occupy a space smaller than 0.2 millimeter. (Physical Review Letters, 2-19-01)
A child's likelihood of experiencing adjustment problems following divorce depends on the interaction of the child's temperament and the quality of his or her mother's parenting style.
A thousands-of-years-old peek at the effects of climate change on small mammals in the western United States may provide a snapshot of the future impact of global warming on animal populations. (J. of Biogeography)
As it completes the first of three "laps" of about a billion miles each around the heart of the Solar System, the Stardust spacecraft is getting ready for a "pit stop" of sorts, flying by Earth in mid-January for a gravitational speed boost. The added energy will put Stardust on course to meet comet Wild 2 in January 2004.
A Center for Mind, Brain and Learning to conduct innovative research on early brain and behavioral development has been created at the University of Washington with a $35.5M pledge.
Either count the fish or count on many more decades of debate about what's helping and what's hurting Pacific Northwest salmon. A just-issued report on the best ways to monitor PNW salmon conservation efforts has implications for conservation plans across the nation.
Argentine penguins are turning up off the coast of Brazil in record numbers, and a University of Washington scientist believes it is because unusually prolonged cold water has kept their food supply - primarily sardines, anchovies and squid - farther north much longer than usual.
The history of the calamitous World Trade Organization protests nearly one year ago is starting to be written. The WTO History Project has collected more than 100 interviews and boxes of everything from protest signs to turtle costumers.
An optical telecommunications breakthrough developed by a University of Washington chemistry professor has spawned a new company to develop and market the technology, and could lead to establishment of a center at the UW for the growing science of photonics.
Most parents and children dread the time when they sit down and have "the talks." You know the one about the birds and the bees. But uneasiness does not have to be part of the conversation, according to the authors of a new book "Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About Sex and Character."
A wife's marital satisfaction doesn't inevitably have to plummet after the arrival of a first baby, say University of Washington researchers who have uncovered a "prescription" for maintaining and even enhancing marital happiness. (Journal of Family Psychology)
A run of salmon facing new environmental conditions diverged into two populations in as few as 13 generations ñ a time span of only about 60 years ñ according to research conducted at the University of Washington.
Re-release of "The Exorcist" and a new TV documentary will trigger a new wave of requests for exorcisms, according to a researcher whose work shows some people can be convinced they witnessed a demonic possession even though they said such an event is not plausible. (The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied)
Psychologists examining what puts athletes and performers at risk for injuries have found that ballet dancers get hurt just as often and severely as contact sports athletes. (Anxiety, 10-00)
A small earthquake that caused hydrothermal vent systems miles away to pump out substantially warmer water at 10 times the rate and in an unexpected pulsing pattern has seafloor geologists questioning long-held assumptions about how fluid circulates within oceanic crust (Nature, 9-14-00).
"Rat" the subliminal political commercial may prove to be one long bad memory for Republicans, according to a researcher who was among the first to show that subliminal visual message can influence human thought and decision-making.
Researchers studying the state of American marriages now can predict not only which couples will divorce but also when they will divorce. They have found two distinct patterns of dysfunctional marital interaction that seem to be predictive of divorce at different points during the life of a marriage (Journal of Marriage and the Family, 9-00).
The greatest mass extinction in Earth history eliminated 85 to 90 percent of all vertebrate species. Evidence shows the extinction was accompanied by a massive loss of vegetation, causing major changes in river systems (Science, 9-8-00).
The family environment that children grow up in can have long-lasting effects on whether they smoke. Children raised in families where there was physical or verbal abuse were more likely to smoke.
The popular notion that birds evolved from dinosaurs has come under assault. A researcher at the University of Washington and a Japanese colleague have found similarities in bone structure suggesting that birds did, in fact, evolve from a group of dinosaurs (Nature, 8-10-00).
There's new evidence that parents can prevent or delay their children from using alcohol and marijuana if they set clear rules and expectations -- even if the relationships between parents and children seem strained during the teen years (American Journal of Public Health).
A state-of-the-art University of Washington research aircraft will be a key element in the Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) campaign this summer.
Climbers who conquer the world's highest peak are about one-third as likely to die during descent if they use supplemental oxygen during the journey than if they rely only on the limited oxygen in thin mountain air, a University of Washington researcher has found.
Intriguing archaeological sites and a mountain lake pierced by a volcanic cone are among primary targets for an international research team heading for the North Pacific for the sixth year of the International Kuril Island Expedition.
James Whorton didn't set out to write a history of constipation. But when the University of Washington professor of medical history and ethics researched the idea of diseases that plague civilization, he kept finding references to constipation as the fundamental disease of civilization.
The first major political-attitude survey of people with disabilities reveals distinctive opinions and potential clout largely untapped by parties and candidates.
American men work longer hours after having children and the effect is significantly greater when they have sons than when they have daughters, say two Uiniversity of Washington economists.
A census of six large plots of 25 to 52 hectares in five South American and Asian countries is described in this week's Science and shows most tropical tree species are aggregated, or clumped. The size of the data set should help end decades of debate on this subject.
A novel treatment for dyslexia not only helps children to significantly improve their reading but also shows that the brain changes as dyslexics learn.
Mice voluntarily drink significantly more alcohol and recover more rapidly from its sedative effects when a gene that encodes a key brain protein is missing (The Journal of Neuroscience).
The right kind of job training -- in a realistic business setting, combined with counseling and personal support -- can reduce the odds of returning to a life of crime, University of Washington researchers have found.
University of Washington physicists have come up with a new calculation for the Earth's mass -- 5.972 sextillion metric tons -- while working to establish the most precise measurement ever achieved of Isaac Newton's gravitational constant.
The University of Washington has selected Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the U.S., to be the commencement speaker in ceremonies to be held June 10.
The number of Web visitors can be more crucial than sales or profits in making a stock sink or float, according to an analysis of 86 publicly traded Internet companies.
In homes with wife abuse, children aged 14 and older are more than three times as likely to be physically abused than are younger children aged 1 through 13, a University of Washington study examining the risks of child abuse has found.
List is given of University of Washington experts monitoring recovery and seismic activity of Mount St. Helens, 20 years after it exploded.
New polymers developed by chemists and engineers at the University of Washington and the University of Southern California appear to achieve speed and capacity increases so great that they will revolutionize telecommunications, data processing, sensing and display technologies.
A method of treating malaria with oscillating magnetic fields that cause the malaria parasite to lose vigor and die by affecting tiny iron-containing particles within the organism has been discovered by University of Washington researchers.
Trying to determine why marriages flourish or end in divorce, University of Washington psychologists have refined a tool that predicts with 87 percent accuracy which newlywed couples will remain married and which will divorce four to six years later (Journal of Family Psychology).
A short-term climate cycle that builds in the Indian Ocean and moves eastward through the equatorial Pacific Ocean is a key factor in the formation of hurricanes and tropical storms over the Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean Sea, University of Washington researchers have found (Science, 3-16-00).
A new website that measures candidate preferences shows a lack of association between people's conscious and unconscious preference for presidential candidates.
The health of the ecosystem is rooted in a complex codependency between plants and animals that produce organic matter and simple organisms that break it down, suggests University of Washington research (Nature, 2-17-00).
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