This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes articles about Peter Ward (argo@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByExpertID&personID=1354 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:05 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ New University of Washington research suggests that a sharp decline in atmospheric oxygen levels was likely a major reason for both the elevated extinction rates and the very slow recovery associated with the biggest mass extinction in Earth history. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9592 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9592 Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT For the last three years evidence has been building that the impact of a comet or asteroid triggered the biggest mass extinction in Earth history, but new research from a team headed by a University of Washington scientist disputes that notion. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7601 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7601 Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT A University of Washington paleontologist theorizes that low oxygen and repeated short but substantial temperature increases because of greenhouse warming sparked two major mass-extinction events, one of which eradicated 90 percent of all species on Earth. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2205 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2205 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT In its 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventually to be swallowed by the sun. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3353 Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3353 Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington's research into understanding and finding life in the universe received a major boost today with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and membership in NASA's Astrobiology Institute. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2283 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2283 Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT A new book by two University of Washington scientists contends that, contrary to popular thought, we just might be alone and Earth might be unique, if not in the universe at least in this celestial neighborhood. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1820 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1820 Tue, 18 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT Paleontologists from the South African Museum and the University of Washington have discovered what appears to be the first complete fossil of a gorgonopsid, a ferocious predator with both reptilian and mammalian characteristics that became extinct 250 million years ago. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3499 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3499 Tue, 08 Dec 1998 08:00:00 GMT Small sea creatures that have lain in pristine condition for eons have given a University of Washington researcher the clearest evidence yet that about 80 million years ago a southern landmass began migrating to the north. And what today are rainy British Columbia and chilly southern Alaska were once the sunny climes of Baja California. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3212 Science David Brand () http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3212 Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:00:00 GMT In a new book, a University of Washington paleontologist puts forth an expanded "tree of life," or biological classification system, to account for a variety of life forms that would not fit in the current system. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13187 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13187 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:00:00 GMT New research suggests a gap of millions of years in the colonization of Earth's land by marine creatures might have been caused by a sharp drop in atmospheric oxygen. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27608 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27608 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:00:00 GMT In a new book, University of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward suggests that Earth is ultimately inhospitable to life, and that life itself might be the primary reason. Rather than the nurturing idea of the Gaia hypothesis, he invokes the darker Medea from Greek mythology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49831 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49831 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:41:36 GMT