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Dave Upthegrove, Commissioner of Public Lands, reminds us that we are not powerless in the face of wildfire. This month’s Washington State Climate Office Climate Matters takes a look at what the Department of Natural Resources is doing to manage wildfire risk statewide.
To help understand what we should expect, the UW College of Environment sat down with Deputy Washington State Climatologist and UW Climate Impacts Group research scientist Karin Bumbaco, who discussed how El Niño works, what it has to do with climate change and how it might impact the Pacific Northwest this winter.
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The deadline to submit applications for the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center’s 2027 Faculty Fellowship Program has been extended to August 31, 2026. The NW CASC Faculty Fellowship Program supports research related to climate adaptation in Northwest natural and cultural resource management as well as training in the principles and practices of co-producing decision-relevant (i.e.,…
This month’s Climate Matters takes a look at what the Department of Natural Resources is doing to manage wildfire risk statewide. By Brian J. Harvey, Associate Professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at UW
The University of Washington is the third most highly cited organization in Carbon Brief’s ranking, with a score of 662,032. Its main divisions centered on climate change include the Program on Climate Change, the Climate Impacts Group, and the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science.
Dear friend, With summer upon us and drought conditions continuing to develop across the Pacific Northwest, I am especially appreciative of the work of our team in the Washington State Climate Office, who provide credible, accessible updates on climate topics ranging from snowpack to predictions for El Nino conditions. And, personally, I love having climatologists a few doors away from my office…
There is a 63% chance that a very strong El Niño will develop by this upcoming winter. Previous El Niño tend to bring warmer and drier winters, but there are only a few of these very strong El Niño events in the historical record available for comparison. Deputy State Climatologist Karin Bumbaco is quoted.
