Tag: Environment
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UGA researchers work on creating stress- and disease-resistant trees
Researchers at the University of Georgia think they’ve come up with a system to identify…
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UGA researchers identify, name toxic cyanobacteria killing American bald eagles
University of Georgia researchers have formally identified and named toxic cyanobacteria that have been killing…
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Media advisory: Georgia’s first Youth Ocean Conservation Summit to be held Feb. 28
Fifty middle and high school students from states across the Southeast will learn how to…
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UGA researchers to use crowdsourcing to track harmful algal blooms in Georgia’s lakes
In August 2014, dangerous levels of a toxin produced by harmful algal blooms in Lake…
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UGA’s living shoreline project on Tybee needs volunteers
Volunteers are needed to bag oyster shells for the second phase of a living shoreline…
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UGA presents environmental films in third annual Jekyll Island Green Screen
The University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant will air some of this…
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Amazon conservationist Randy Borman to visit UGA for Global Georgia series
Randy Borman, the son of Anglo-American missionaries who was born and raised among the Cofán…
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Former Georgia 4-H director Roger C. ‘Bo’ Ryles to receive lifetime achievement award
Roger C. “Bo” Ryles, former state 4-H leader and director, is the recipient of the…
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UGA law school’s Red Clay Conference to focus on public interests and private rights
The University of Georgia School of Law’s 27th Annual Red Clay Conference, titled “Balancing Public…
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Judges choose 30 finalists for UGA’s 2015 Flavor of Georgia contest
Judges have selected 30 products to compete in the final round of the University of…
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New research suggests severe weather will continue, be more variable
More tornadoes will be commonplace by the year 2080 as a result of a changing…
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UGA forms statewide partnership to create training program for beginning farmers
Starting in October, a new training program will offer beginning and young farmers crash courses…
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Shepherd to moderate White House climate education event ‘Champions of Change’
J. Marshall Shepherd, the University of Georgia Distinguished Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences,…
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UGA surveying landowners about economic damage caused by feral swine
University of Georgia researchers have begun surveying landowners in parts of Georgia to assess how…
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UGA study finds high marine debris, need for standardized reporting along Georgia coast
University of Georgia researchers are hoping to find a consistent way to record the marine…
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UGA researchers unlock new way to clone hemlock trees able to fight off deadly pest
For the first time, University of Georgia researchers have successfully cryogenically frozen germplasm from hemlock…
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UGA’s House the Herd Student Design Challenge to announce winners Feb. 13
Over the past three months, 52 University of Georgia students on a total of 13…
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Monarch butterfly survey conveys both ‘despair and hope,’ according to UGA experts
A report on monarch butterflies by the World Wildlife Fund reveals that the area occupied…
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UGA Parking Services expands electric vehicle charging on campus
Due to the popularity of the University of Georgia’s first electric vehicle charger and recent…
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Researchers identify missing component in marine carbon, sulfur cycles
A new study from marine scientists at the University of Georgia reveals two important compounds…
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Canceled flights: For monarch butterflies, loss of migration means more disease
Human activities are disrupting the migration patterns of many species, including monarch butterflies. Some monarchs…
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New model predicts Ebola epidemic in Liberia could be ended by June
The Ebola epidemic in Liberia could likely be eliminated by June 2015 if the current…
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UGA’s Odum School of Ecology to hold graduate student symposium Jan. 16-17
The 21st annual Graduate Student Symposium at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology…
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Not a win-win: Treating for worms helps animals survive, then spread infectious diseases
Parasitic worms, which infect millions of people and animals around the world, have been shown…
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