At the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs, grad student Chris Mantegna is living out her dream of becoming a marine scientist. Against the backdrop of the picturesque San Juan Islands, Mantegna leads a team of undergrad students in marine fieldwork like collecting shellfish DNA, aiming to uncover how to keep our ecosystem healthy for marine life and humans. Read more: https://www.washington.edu/boundless/turning-the-tide-marine-biology/ This video introduces Mantegna — a self-proclaimed “nontraditional student” in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who raised her child as a single parent while attending classes — and her work gathering critical data to support the health of the ocean, and subsequently, the health of communities. She is a champion of bringing together diverse perspectives to “do the same thing, and see how we do it together.” She created the Yellow Island mentorship program in partnership with Black in Marine Science and the Nature Conservancy, offering hands-on experience for undergrads from underrepresented communities, and creating a supportive, inclusive environment where they can learn and practice marine science. The UW is a top-tier research institute, empowering students to follow their passions. Watch here for more information on the UW’s marine science research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_GvxsadWmM 00:00 Intro 00:58 Chris Mantegna 01:28 University of Washington 01:50 Teaching 02:12 Research Interests 03:00 Friday Harbor Labs 03:22 Love of Science 03:40 Importance of Representation 04:11 Impact of Work

Is there a ninth planet in our solar system or an asteroid heading toward Earth? Find out how University of Washington astronomy undergrads are using their Python coding skills to predict future discoveries — and prepare for future careers. Learn about their work: https://www.uw.edu/boundless/decoding-the-universe-dirac In this video, hear from Husky STEM majors about the benefits of doing hands-on research as undergraduates — and how the UW is at the forefront of data astronomy. Today’s astronomy is a high-tech science, so students need skills in computer science and programming along with math and physics. The students’ class projects and research findings will help scientists at the UW’s Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology (DiRAC) when a revolutionary new telescope comes online in 2025. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s telescope will produce the most comprehensive survey of the night sky, capturing millions of changes in stars, galaxies, asteroids, planets and more. This database will require algorithms to sift through the billions of bits of information — and that’s what these future astronomers are learning to create. How the UW's DiRAC and the Rubin Observatory are uncovering "Secrets of the "Stars": https://www.uw.edu/boundless/dirac-rubin-observatory Learn more about DiRAC: https://dirac.astro.washington.edu Learn more about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory: https://rubinobservatory.org

Cassie Lumbrazo, a Ph.D. student from the University of Washington, is dedicated to understanding the relationship between forests and snow. Together with an interdisciplinary research team and support from the Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Nature Conservancy, Cassie investigates forest-snow processes near Cle Elum Ridge. The team focuses on how logging treatments impact snowpack and the vital role snow plays in managing Washington’s water resources. Cassie's groundbreaking research uses LiDAR data to examine the forest’s influence on hydrology and addresses climate change challenges for the Eastern Cascades. With support from RAPID, an NSF-funded group at the University of Washington, the team collects crucial LiDAR data to help develop a ten-year forest management plan for the area. By maximizing snow retention, UW researchers hope to ensure reliable streamflow, protect habitats, and preserve homes around the Eastern Cascades. Watch Cassie as she investigates the relationship between forest restoration and snow as her work helps inform a sustainable future for water resources across the region.

“It’s Cretaceous crime scene work: We have a body — how did it get here?” Kelsie Abrams, Fossil Lab Manager for the UW’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, left her climate-controlled lab to wield jackhammers and shovels on a dusty hillside of the Hell Creek Formation in remote eastern Montana, possibly the best place in the world to find fossils from the Late Cretaceous. In this short film, follow Abrams and the dig team from the field to the lab, as they unravel mysteries from the end of the age of dinosaurs.

Guatemala's third largest export after raw sugar and bananas is coffee. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase #NationalGeographic #Coffee #ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's belief in the power of science, exploration, and storytelling to change the world. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of National Geographic Partners. See more from National Geographic's Short Film Showcase at http://documentary.com Get More National Geographic: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeo Twitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NatGeoInsta The plant thrives in a narrow climate range at a certain elevation on the country's mountainous slopes. Changing rainfall, rising temperature, and a fungus called “coffee rust” is affecting the crop and the livelihoods of indigenous farmers in the region. However, scientists think they've found a way to ensure climate models are correct, which might help these farmers adapt. Filmmaker Mari Cleven interviews Diego Pons and Kevin Anchukaitis about their research in this informative short. About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible. Coffee Farmers Hopeful For Their Dying Crops | Short Film Showcase https://youtu.be/GT-JhME-xXw National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/natgeo

Giant clams write a “diary” of their lives in their shells – recording details of not only their own biology, but also the environment and climate conditions around them. Dan Killam, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona, studies these amazing bivalves up close in the controlled conditions of the university’s Biosphere 2, where a huge indoor tank replicates a tropical ocean. In this way, Killam combines his two greatest scholarly passions: undersea creatures and climate change.

Allie Bernett is a PhD student in Natural Resources & the Environment at the University of Arizona, whose work involves urban ecology of large mammals in a major metropolitan area. Studying the movements of bobcats, coyotes and javelina in and around Tucson, she gathers data which can be used to inform policy and management decisions affecting the well-being of human and animal populations.

UA scientists are using hundreds of years of tree ring data to empower Guatemalan farmers. Read more at: https://research.arizona.edu/stories/video-climate-scientists-work-communities-guatemala

As bivalves that live up to 180 years and with shells that can last for as long as 2000 years, geoducks (pronounced gooey ducks) are the climate storytellers of the sea. Each year, a geoduck produces calcium carbonate and protein striations in its shell much as a tree produces rings in its trunk. And as dendrochronologists read a tree’s rings for insights into the terrestrial climate of the past, sclerochronologists study the geoduck’s shells to reveal oceanic climate data from the past. By cross-referencing the growing network of marine chronologies with terrestrial chronologies from tree rings, UArizona researchers are building a more complete picture of climate patterns over time.

For decades, radiocarbon dating has been a way for scientists to get a rough picture of when once-living stuff lived. The method has been revolutionary and remains one of the most commonly used dating methods to study the past, but according to UA researcher Charlotte Pearson, it’s ready for a makeover. By developing new ways to use radiocarbon in tree rings, she builds on the legacies of scientists before her. Learn more: http://research.arizona.edu/stories/radiocarbon-dating-gets-postmodern-makeover

Earyn explains her research, which focuses on the effects of stream drying on lizard communities.

A National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between the University of Arizona and Dine Community College, the Indige-FEWSS program has enabled students to build an off-the-grid water filtration system with the ability to serve 50 families on the far-flung Navajo Nation. The goal of Indige-FEWSS is to teach the next generation of STEM professionals how to confront food, energy and water challenges in indigenous communities while letting traditional Navajo values and knowledge guide their work.