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Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean

By Guest PostNovember 25, 2014Environmentatlantic ocean, cause, China, deutsch tuerke, digital bank, digital transformation roadmap, global warming, ibm services relationship, krungsri, noriaki goto, thai bank, university of washington

Following rapid warming in the late 20^th century, this century has so far seen surprisingly little increase in the average temperature at the Earth’s surface. At first this was a blip, then a trend, then a puzzle for the climate science community.

More than a dozen theories have now been proposed for the so-called global warming hiatus, ranging from air pollution to volcanoes to sunspots. New research from the University of Washington shows that the heat absent from the surface is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a naturally occurring cycle. The study is published Aug. 22 in Science. (more…)

Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles

By Guest PostNovember 14, 2014Scienceamerican literary history, earth, elena schroeter, history, miner locations, mining sensor network, mollusk shells, native american linguistic, new antibiotic chemotypes, peru, sarah rivett, sophie gee, tartup guia, the global enlightenment, tropical pacific ocean, university of washington, unscripted america

The planet’s largest and most powerful driver of climate changes from one year to the next, the El Niño Southern Oscillation in the tropical Pacific Ocean, was widely thought to have been weaker in ancient times because of a different configuration of the Earth’s orbit. But scientists analyzing 25-foot piles of ancient shells have found that the El Niños 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as the ones we experience today. (more…)

Ocean’s most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change

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As the complex story of climate change unfolds, many of the endings are grim. But there are exceptions. Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean would get worse may not come to pass. Instead, University of Washington research shows climate change, as it weakens the trade winds, could shrink the size of these extreme low-oxygen waters.

“The tropics should actually get better oxygenated as the climate warms up,” said Curtis Deutsch, a UW associate professor of oceanography. He is lead author of the study published Aug. 8 in Science. (more…)

Companion planets can increase old worlds’ chance at life

By Guest PostOctober 20, 2014Scienceastronomer, cosmos, earth sized planets, gravitational pull, habitable zone, innsbrucker wurms, julia wunderer, liquid water, peter ladurner, phenomenon, queen charlotte fairweather, rory barnes, undersea earthquake fault, university of arizona, university of washington

Having a companion in old age is good for people — and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well.

Planets cool as they age. Over time their molten cores solidify and inner heat-generating activity dwindles, becoming less able to keep the world habitable by regulating carbon dioxide to prevent runaway heating or cooling. (more…)

Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2014Healthalternative finance, anti hiv drugs, bitcoin, cameron ball, colin beale, cryptocurrency, dental remains, donating a kidney, electrospinning, gels, hiv infection, homo naledi, howard broadman, illegale jagd, kim woodrow, medicine, oral pills, ostafrika, severin hauenstein, university of washington, wilderei krise, zach cofran

Soon, protection from HIV infection could be as simple as inserting a medicated, disappearing fabric minutes before having sex.

University of Washington bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other topical materials such as gels or creams. (more…)

Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2014Sciencealaska, alaskan coast, arctic ocean, bergbaukonzern leag, climate warms, delhi day, erosion, feminism, franz gastler, kohle tagebau, measure, models, rose thomson, rural india, shores, university of washington, unterschriften gegen tagebaue, yuwa school

As the climate warms and sea ice retreats, the North is changing. An ice-covered expanse now has a season of increasingly open water that is predicted to extend across the whole Arctic Ocean before the middle of this century. Storms thus have the potential to create Arctic swell – huge waves that could add a new and unpredictable element to the region. (more…)

New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer’s, related diseases

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There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, but the research community is one step closer to finding treatment.

University of Washington bioengineers have designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease. The synthetic molecule blocks these proteins as they shift from their normal state into an abnormally folded form by targeting a toxic intermediate phase. (more…)

Sustainable, sharing communities explored in Karen Litfin’s book ‘Ecovillages’

By Guest PostSeptember 1, 2014Environmentbook, colin dale, entsorgungssystem, erde am limit, European Union, gabriele chiogna, germophobes, kerstin neumann, martin stuchtey, mutualistic bacteria, nutzungszyklus, pathogenic origins, quorum sensing, recycling, sodalis pre captivity, sustainability, sustainable, transportation industry, united nations, university of washington, uw today

Karen Litfin is a University of Washington associate professor of political science and author of the book “Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community.” She answered a few questions about the book, and her work, for UW Today.

Q: What is the main message of “Ecovillages”?

A: After teaching global environmental politics for two decades and watching planetary conditions deteriorate, I grew disenchanted with top-down solutions. I also grew tired of making my students anxious, depressed and guilt-ridden. If our ways of living are unraveling planetary life-support systems, then we must answer the question: How, then, shall we live? (more…)

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