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The University of Washington Puget Sound Institute provides analysis, research and communication to advance the science of ecosystem protection.
">The winner of Grand Uncertainties Madness!
After five rounds of voting, the winner of the Grand Uncertainties Madness tournament bracket is: What type of protection and restoration actions have the largest and most lasting impact on floodplain function and which types of actions are cost effective? This research need (from the rivers group) won in a close but decisive victory over […]
">May 13 roundtable will delve into transboundary threats from European green crab in the Salish Sea
Co-hosted with the University of Washington, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The Salish Sea Science Roundtable online speaker series continues on Tuesday, May 13 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Drs. P. Sean McDonald (University of Washington) and Thomas Therriault (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) bring nearly 50 years of combined expertise in the […]
">Research and whale watching enhanced with artificial intelligence to identify individual orcas
When out on Puget Sound with killer whale experts, I’m often impressed by how quickly such folks can identify individual whales by name or number, even when a group of orcas is swimming a fair distance away. I can’t begin to do that, because I have never studied the catalogs of dorsal fins and markings […]