An international team of polar scientists, co-led by APL-UW's Tyler Sutterley, has compiled the most complete picture of ice sheet loss to date. (AAAS: EurekAlert!)

Upgrades to oceanographic moorings in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary grew out of years of collaboration. Laboratory scientists and engineers partnered with universities, government agencies, and tribes, contributing technological expertise and data-serving capability to the project.

Over two weeks in August, APL-UW engineers joined the Regional Cabled Array science and education team to service seafloor instrumentation and mooring infrastructure on the world's largest undersea observatory. Their work ensures continuity of a decade-long stream of ocean data.

Many Laboratory researchers serve as contributors and editors for this annual report on Puget Sound and Washington coastal physical, chemical, and biological marine conditions based on comprehensive observing programs.

Powered by artificial muscles instead of electric motors, Laboratory researchers and their partners are tesing a visionary bio inspired propulsion system for undersea robots.

The report's stories cover a wide swath of the our recent basic and applied research accomplishments, and showcase how we transition knowledge and material products to operational use.