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QRC member Dave Montgomery awarded 2020 Vega Medal

Dave Montgomery is the recipient of the 2020 Vega Award by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG)’s. Congratulations, Dave!
Read the article: https://environment.uw.edu/news/2020/04/david-montgomery-awarded-2020-vega-medal/ 

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Announcements

Honoring Stephen C. Porter

In honor of our late friend Steve, Eric Steig wrote a brief Wikipedia page for him, which is now available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_C._Porter
We encourage anyone who has a solid knowledge of Steve’s history and contributions to add to the page. 

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Announcements

QRC support during COVID-19 pandemic

The QRC and UW are currently following the Washington State Governor’s Stay Home: Stay Healthy order. QRC staff are working from home and QRC facilities are closed to use until the ban is lifted and it is safe to return. 

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General

QRC Members Shares Research Experience in Mongolian Glaciers with UW News

QRC member, Bataa Jigjidsurengiin, was recently featured in the UW News on his research on the glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Read the original article here or pasted below.

March 6, 2018
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
by Hannah Hickey
The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet. 

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General, Photo album

Steve C. Porter Memorial Photo Album

Stephen C. Porter, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of Washington in Seattle, died on February 2015 at the age of 80. Steve was internationally honored and admired for his research in Quaternary geology and for his leadership, editorial, and organizational skills that helped bring Quaternary studies into greater prominence during his long career. 

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General, Journal

QRC members published in QR Journal, "Holocene environments of central Iturup Island, southern Kuril archipelago, Russian Far East"

QRC members, Patricia Anderson, published an article in the July 2017 issue of Quaternary Research, the interdisciplinary journal of the QRC entitled, “Holocene environments of central Iturup Island, southern Kuril archipelago, Russian Far East.”
Abstract: 
Two lake records document Holocene changes in sea level, vegetation, and climate on the Okhotsk and Pacific sides of central Iturup Island, southern Kuril Islands. 

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