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CICOES @CICOESresearch

The UW's Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies is an environmental research consortium with the UAF and OSU.

Joined October 2013
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CICOES researcher Aaron Levine was interviewed by Powder Magazine about the potential effects of a "Super El Niño" on the 2026/2027 ski season. Read the story: powder.com/news/super-el-nin…

What Does the "Super El Niño" Mean for Next Ski Season? Experts Weigh In

You've probably seen the El Niño news by now. I asked snow forecasters to break it down.

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CICOES Magazine spotlight: UW researcher Craig Norrie. "It’s two in the morning on a cold November night in Hood Canal. I am surrounded by thousands of oysters, destined to be served in the finest restaurants across the country." Read the full story: cicoes.uw.edu/.../growing-re…
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CICOES is proud to share that Fred Averick, our Assistant Director of Finance and Administration, has received the University of Washington College of the Environment's Distinguished Staff Award. Congrats, Fred! Read more: cicoes.uw.edu/2026/05/18/uw-…
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Read the #OpenAccess article by Doherty et al. [2026] for free on @WileySTEM! 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2025AV001939 @UW @CICOESresearch @FloridaState @FSU_EOAS #AGUPubs

Defining Scales of Field Studies and Experiments to Assess Marine Cloud Brightening

Key properties of emissions for emissive field studies of solar radiation management are described, in the context of framing study scales Field studies scaled by spatial extent, duration and ene...

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ICYMI: The 2025 CICOES Magazine is now available online! This year’s edition highlights CICOES-affiliated researchers and the discoveries, collaborations, and questions driving our work to better understand climate, oceans, and ecosystems. cicoes.uw.edu/about/magazine…
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CICOES researcher Aaron Levine spoke with the Seattle Times about the potential effects of an El Niño: less snowfall and snowpack, exacerbating drought conditions the following summer along with raising wildfire risk. Read the full story: seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

What a ‘very strong’ El Niño could mean for WA

There's over a 60% chance El Niño emerges in Washington late summer, and a 25% chance it's "very strong." Here's what that means for the winter and summer.

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Today is #HuskyGivingDay, and your gift to CICOES can make a lasting impact. When you give, you power our people, programs and possibilities. Support CICOES today to contribute to our research and education goals: washington.edu/giving/make-a…
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Last spring, NOAA and CICOES scientists completed the most extensive aerial survey of Arctic ice seals to date, flying more than 24,000 miles over sea ice to track four species across U.S. waters. Learn more in this recent story from NOAA Fisheries: fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-s…

NOAA Conducts First Comprehensive Aerial Survey of Ice Seals in the Arctic

During spring 2025, scientists conducted the most extensive aerial survey of ice-associated seals to date. The survey took place between April 4 and June 10, 2025, off the coasts of western and...

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The first-ever CICOES summer intern, Angel Adames-Corraliza, won a 2025 MacArthur "Genius" Award. Learn more about his journey from the most recent issue of UW Magazine: cicoes.uw.edu/2026/01/20/fro…
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Microbes are important sentinels of change that provide a metric for long-term ocean health - which is why it is critical to design observatories that consistently capture these organisms. Learn more about recent efforts: pmel.noaa.gov/ocean-molecula…
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Study shows earthquakes cause deep-sea vents to burp up nutrients. CICOES scientist Joseph Resing, who was not involved, says study provides “tantalizing evidence” that earthquakes provide nutrients to life at the surface. “I love this paper." More here: cicoes.uw.edu/2026/01/06/dee…
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Scientists are using drones and small flipper tags to get their clearest picture yet of WA’s seal and sea lion populations—and what that means for salmon. One of the project leaders, Casey Clark, is a former CICOES postdoc. Read on to learn more: knkx.org/environment/2026-01…

Renewed effort to protect endangered salmon from seals, sea lions

Washington state and federal wildlife officials, tribes and a nonprofit are using new tools in an intensive research project to investigate how harbor seals impact endangered salmon.

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Big shout-out to Sirray S. for winning an award at the NSBP/NSHP conference! As a 2025 CICOES intern under the mentorship of TJ Fudge, she worked to constrain geothermal heat flux in Antarctica using an ice-and-heat flow model. More about her research: cicoes.uw.edu/internships/in…
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Congrats to Marc Sailer, former CICOES intern & now a graduate student at UC Boulder, on publishing his first research paper! Congrats also to UW professor T.J. Fudge, who coauthored the paper & served as Marc's internship mentor. Read the paper here: cp.copernicus.org/articles/2…

Ice core site considerations from modeling CO2 and O2 ∕ N2 ratio diffusion in interior East...

Abstract. Obtaining a continuous ice core record to 1.5 Ma (million years), which spans the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT, 1.2 to 0.7 Ma) is a goal of multiple international efforts in Antarctica....

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New research led by UW scientists Knut von Salzen, Sarah Doherty, and Robert Wood, shows that reducing air pollution has inadvertently diminished the brightness of marine clouds, which are key regulators of global temperature. Read more at UW News: washington.edu/news/2025/11/…
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27 Oct 2025
CICOES researcher Jens Nielsen collaborated on a project led by NOAA scientists Erin Fedewa and Louise Copeman that examined the collapse of the snow crab fishery in the Bering Sea. Read the full story at: science.org/content/article/…

Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas?

After a brutal heat wave, scientists race to predict how Bering Sea snow crabs will cope with climate change

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CICOES@CICOESresearch
13 Oct 2025
To help communities around Puget Sound respond to ocean acidification, CICOES has announced a new project funded by the Puget Sound Partnership. The project team will build a data-based tool called Puget Sound Acidification and Impacts. Learn more: cicoes.uw.edu/2025/10/08/dev…
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CICOES@CICOESresearch
10 Oct 2025
Congratulations to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, a former JISAO/CICOES intern and graduate of the UW Atmospheric Sciences PhD program, on winning a MacArthur "Genius" Award! Learn more about his work here: macfound.org/fellows/class-o…
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CICOES@CICOESresearch
11 Sep 2025
NatGeo quoted CICOES scientist Alex Zerbini on his expertise related to the uptick in orca boat rammings in recent years. Read the story here: nationalgeographic.com/anima…

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game

Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age. "Believe me: if they wanted to sink the boats, they'd be sinking the boat."

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31 Jul 2025
Did you catch CICOES senior research scientist Yong Wei on CNN after the recent magnitude 8.8 earthquake? cnn.com/2025/07/30/world/vid… Learn more about his research into tsunami modeling and forecasting here: cicoes.uw.edu/2025/03/20/saf…

First Tsunami waves hit Hawaii after major quake in Russia | CNN

Water levels were recorded above four feet on the north shore of Hawaii’s Oahu Island. University of Washington senior research scientist Yong Wei joins MJ Lee on “Early Start” to discuss.

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