Department of Atmospheric Sciences
News Releases

  • July 27, 2009: Seattle area could see record-setting high temperatures this week
  • July 9, 2009: UW researchers begin receiving stimulus money
  • July 9, 2009: Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
  • June 25, 2009: Professor wants to promote decades of UW innovation with science museum--on campus or online
  • May 14, 2009: Any way you slice it, warming climate is affecting Cascades snowpack
  • March 17, 2009: Northwest expert illuminates on climate change (The Olympian)
  • January 8, 2009: Half of world's population could face climate-induced food crisis by 2100
  • January 8, 2009: Looking back at universities during other economic crises
  • November 13, 2008: New book will tell much you didn't know about Northwest weather
  • June 26, 2008: Regents OK new college, tuition hike
  • May 29, 2008: Understanding global warming: The scientific basis for concern
  • May 22, 2008: College of the Environment: New college designed to meet growing complexity, scale of Earth's challenges
  • April 3, 2008: Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter storms
  • February 14, 2008: Atmospheric Sciences scholarship to be named for Richard Reed
  • October 18, 2007: UW early contributor to Nobel prize-winning work by climate group
  • May 10, 2007: Climate change a threat to Indonesian agriculture, study says (Stanford News Service)
  • March 8, 2007: Lessons from Rita: How hurricane intensity change happens
  • February 16, 2006: Three profs honored by meterological society
  • December 6, 2005 : Two UW scientists study clouds and haze for clues to global warming
  • December 8, 2005: Mercury travels far from source through atmosphere, study shows
  • August 18, 2005: Hurricane season: New project hopes to improve forecasts of storms' intensity
  • August 8, 2005: (RAINEX) Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment News Release
  • June 23, 2005: Soil itself creates some pollutants, observable even from space
  • June 23, 2005: Two UW researchers honored by UN for Excellence in Weather Modification
  • May 19, 2005: UW expert: Privatizing weather for forecasting could damage quality of service
  • December 2, 2004: Atmosphere warming claim validated by new study
  • November 4, 2004: Hurricanes spark memory of great NW storms past
  • July 22, 2004: Record rain: UW scientists find some of the biggest raindrops ever
  • May 14, 2004: UW Scientists Leading the Way in Regional Weather Forecasting, Science
  • May 2004: Some Like It Hot: Satellite Measurements Confirm Global Warming,UW NewsLinks
  • May 6, 2004: Satellite data confirms climate change: Global warming anomaly may succumb to microwave study, Journal Nature
  • May 4, 2004: GLOBAL CHANGE: Getting Warmer, However You Measure It; Richard A. Kerr (Adapted fromScience Magazine
  • Dec. 5, 2003: Future Forecasters: Exploring the realm of atmospheric sciences. Feature article in UW Daily
  • Nov. 21, 2002: Northwest Residents Facing Tough Decisions in a Warmer Future
  • October 2002: "Rain Man," in Smithsonian Magazine
  • Feb. 7, 2002: End of an Era: UW's state-of-the-art airborne research facility grounded after 30 years
  • Jan. 10, 2002: El Niņo could be brewing a warmer, drier Northwest winter in 2002-03
  • Jan. 10, 2002: Deep convection in far north could be key in global climate change
  • Jan 15, 2002: A Half Century of Progress in Meteorology: The Richard Reed Symposium
  • Nov. 19, 2001: UW researchers hope to improve rain, flood forecasts in the Northwest
  • Sept. 10, 2001: Northwest forecasts hurt by too few Doppler radar sites, UW professor says
  • July 5, 2001: Arctic Oscillation has moderated northern winters of 1980s and '90s
  • June 14, 2001: Polluted clouds might bring patchy cooling in a warming world
  • Apr. 24, 2001: Most-serious greenhouse gas is increasing, international study finds
  • Apr. 19, 2001: U.S. needs major steps to overtake European climate research, UW scientist says, Journal Nature