Tag: Environment
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John Gittleman named UGA Foundation Professor in Ecology
John L. Gittleman, founding dean of the Odum School of Ecology, has been named the…
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Fish communities key to balancing nutrients in coral reefs, UGA study finds
Coral reefs are among the most productive—and imperiled—ecosystems in the world. One of the many…
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UGA research examines fate of methane following the Deepwater Horizon spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout discharged roughly five million barrels of oil and up to…
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International Sea Turtle Society honors UGA ecologist with lifetime achievement award
James I. Richardson, instructor and undergraduate coordinator in the University of Georgia Odum School of…
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UGA installs first public level 2 electric vehicle charger in Athens area
Automobile owners looking for a place to plug in instead of gas up now have…
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Georgia Peanut Commission funding drives UGA Extension, research efforts
University of Georgia peanut researchers have been granted $256,280 from the Georgia Peanut Commission to…
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Celebrating Wildflowers Week to be held at the State Botanical Garden
The State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia will host five events May 20-23…
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UGA, IBM work with farmers on water conservation project
Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are teaming up…
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Model shows long-distance migration can lower risk of disease transmission, impact
Animals that migrate long distances are often implicated in the spread of infectious diseases, but…
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UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences holds undergraduate research symposium
This year, 36 students in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences…
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UGA to hold expanded year-end recycling event for move-out
The University of Georgia will hold a Dawgs Ditch the Dumpster and Donate event during…
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University of Georgia professor wins highest award from Arbor Day Foundation
University of Georgia professor Kim Coder has been honored with a national award from the…
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UGA Earth Week 2014 to celebrate green opportunities
The University of Georgia will kick off UGA Earth Week 2014 on April 22 with…
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ACCG honors UGA Extension’s Beverly Sparks for statewide leadership
In recognition of her work maintaining University of Georgia Extension’s service to Georgians in the…
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UGA reception to celebrate International Agriculture Day, retired director
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Office of Global Programs will…
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UGA celebrates 40 years of roping, riding at Great Southland Stampede Rodeo
The University of Georgia’s Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for the 40th annual…
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UGA awarded $1.4 million to study critical earth zone in Sumter National Forest
Looking back now, it’s easy to see where farmers in the 1800s went wrong. Attempting…
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UGA celebrates 100 years of forestry student leadership in April
What started off as a small group of forestry students who wanted to mingle with…
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First peanut genome sequenced
The International Peanut Genome Initiative—a group of multinational crop geneticists who have been working in…
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Environmental activist to speak at Georgia Review’s Earth Day program
Ann Pancake, fiction writer, essayist and environmental activist, will read from her work at The…
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NSF grant allows UGA researchers to monitor deep-sea plumes
Deep-sea hydrothermal plumes—waters nearly two miles down in the ocean—are home to processes that effect…
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Plantapalooza plant sale to be held April 5 at three Athens locations
Plantapalooza, a plant sale at three University of Georgia locations, will be held on April…
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2014 Odum Lecturer Marlene Zuk to speak on rapid evolution, gender in science
Marlene Zuk, professor of biological sciences at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the 29th…
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UGA leads NASA-funded study on ice sheet runoff’s impact on the ocean
Runoff from melting glaciers in West Greenland is producing dramatic changes in its ice sheet,…
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