In a lot of ways, deep reefs are understudied. Too deep for divers to reach and only accessible by submarines, this zone of ocean habitat is often overlooked. We spoke to SAFS master’s student, Sarah Yerrace, about her research focused on one thing in particular: lionfish.

As part of a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research, Grist visited the Wood Lab at SAFS, to find out about Chelsea Wood’s parasite research.

According to new research published by SAFS grad student, Giordano Jacuzzi, military aircraft noise from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island presents a substantial risk to public health.

Part of the SAFS PhD program, Chris Mantegna has been named as one of the Husky 100 for 2024. Students are chosen for actively connecting what happens inside and outside of the classroom and applying this learning to make a difference on campus, their communities, and for the future.

SAFS Assistant Professor, Jessica Gephart, speaks to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about her research and why seafood choices matter.

The Daily UW features the degrees offered at SAFS, which is centered on the belief that students must experience the environments and species they’re studying.

Chris Mantegna writes a Nature World View piece, saying amid the data deluge provided by lab-based techniques, such as environmental-DNA analysis, true connection still comes only in the outdoors.

Bringing aquatic science to life for the people of Seattle for the sixth time, the UW Aquatic Sciences Open House returns for a free, family-friendly day of fun on Saturday 18 May. Open to everyone – from toddlers to teenagers to adults – we’re showcasing the amazing breadth of wet sciences at the University of Washington.
Kicking off at 10am, we’ve got fan favorites like exploring the live aquarium tanks which are home starfish, telling the difference between native versus invasive crabs, and peering through microscopes to see tiny marine organisms. 

Alaskan waters are a critical fishery for salmon, and scientists want to know the impact of climate change. As a UW SAFS doctoral student, Natalie Mastick investigated Alaskan marine food webs using an unorthodox source: old cans of salmon, from four species all caught over a 42-year period.

In a new book providing a guided walkthrough and toolbox to conduct population and ecosystem modeling at high-spatial resolution, James Thorson (SAFS alum and affiliate faculty, and Statistical Ecologist at NOAA) has co-authored Spatio-Temporal Models for Ecologists with Kasper Kristensen. Coming up with the idea for the book during a meeting at SAFS almost a decade ago, we sat down with James to find out more about why it’s a useful tool for ecologists.