climate science

WA scientists discuss how AI can help climate models keep up

Bellamy Pailthorp

This year Washington State Academy of Sciences' annual symposium focused on how the state can utilize artificial intelligence in climate, health and agriculture.

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Washington invests $4 million this year to bring climate science into classrooms

Bellamy Pailthorp

In what’s been called the most ambitious statewide climate science education initiative in the country, Washington state is putting $4 million dollars…

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Seattle Climate Rower Unharmed As Team Retires From Great Pacific Race

Bellamy Pailthorp

Less than a week into an event that was expected to last well into July, Seattle climate rower Eliza Dawson is back on land.All are safe, but strong…

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Row4Climate: UW Rower Planning 2,400-Mile Pacific Crossing To Hawaii

Bellamy Pailthorp

Confronting the likely effects of climate change can feel overwhelming. One recent graduate in atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington is…

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UW Symposium Explores Ethics Of Geoengineering Climate

Bellamy Pailthorp

It may sound like science fiction, but researchers are getting closer to making it possible to geoengineer the climate.A symposium at the University of…

Spraying sea salt into the atmosphere to increase the reflective cloud cover over oceans is the way some scientists think they might be able to bring down Earth's temperature. At least they'd like to safely test the idea on a small scale.

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Scientists Who Want To Study Climate Engineering Shun Trump

Nell Greenfieldboyce

The controversial study of climate engineering — aka deliberately messing with Earth's temperature — was finally starting to regain a measure of respectability. And then came President Trump.