Tag: Conservation

UGA focuses on energy conservation and sustainability

UGA is implementing several strategies to combat rising costs and increase efficiencies around campus.
World Oceans Day: UGA professor has a message for the United Nations

A sea turtle strangled by a discarded plastic six-pack ring. A pelican smothered in a…
Investing in conservation pays off, study finds

Governments and donors have spent billions of dollars since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit attempting…
Local student brings pollinator program to Colham Ferry, helps school with STEM endeavors

Harper Ann Moffett, an Oconee County High School junior, recently introduced third graders at Colham…
Colorful reptile serves as a health barometer for the impacts of coal waste

Scientists have confirmed that exposure to coal combustion residues lead to higher levels of trace…
Shades of Green: Scientists and engineers help turn ocean plastic into new products

Engineers and polymer scientists with the UGA’s New Materials Institute help a company turn ocean…
Coal burning linked to toxic contaminants found in raccoons

University of Georgia and University of Florida researchers have shown that the toxic elements in…
Study identifies the Southeast’s most diverse and imperiled waterways

After more than a year of data collection, analysis and mapping, the University of Georgia…
Eat and be eaten: Invasive scavengers in Hawaii alter island nutrient cycle

Researchers from the University of Georgia have found that invasive species on Hawaii Island, or…
UGA researchers calculating northern bobwhite population, survival rates

University of Georgia researchers have been tasked with figuring out how many northern bobwhites are…
UGA students awarded grants for sustainability solutions

The University of Georgia awarded $40,000 to fund 11 interdisciplinary student projects through the Office…
UGA Skidaway Institute studies nutrient levels in Georgia’s coastal estuaries

How much of a nutrient load is too much for Georgia’s coastal rivers and estuaries?…
Building on shells: UGA interdisciplinary study starts unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom

Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in…
Sustainable dyeing technology gives UGA win at international chemistry challenge

A team of scientists from the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences…
UGA researchers discover fate of melting glacial ice in Greenland

Over the past several decades, scientists have observed a significant increase in the melting of…
Scientists, including UGA researcher, discover new reef system at mouth of Amazon River

A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the…
UGA to dedicate cabins at Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe

The University of Georgia will hold a dedication ceremony for its newest facilities—the Center for…
30 years after Chernobyl, UGA camera study reveals wildlife abundance in CEZ

Thirty years ago, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, became the site of…
Georgia 4-H turns to oysters, volunteers to combat erosion on Tybee Island

This summer, Georgia 4-H is recruiting an army of oysters to help ensure the future…
Combined effects of copper, climate change can be deadly for amphibians, research finds

Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory warn that the extinction of…
Watershed UGA launches campaign to ‘daylight’ campus streams

Most of the streams that run through the University of Georgia campus flow through culverts…
Trees vital to improving stream quality, UGA study finds

Want better streams? Plant some trees, according to a University of Georgia study.
Harnessing the sun: Students design solar power system for historic site along Georgia’s coast

A historic estate along the Georgia coast that traces its roots back more than three…
Helping the helpers: Improving safety for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators

Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators in Australia help protect the public from diseases carried by bats. A…