Tag: Environment

New, easy-to-use UGA temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths of children in closed car

Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed an easy-to-use table…
UGA oil spill research resources

UGA oil spill research resources
Media Advisory: UGA oil spill expert to discuss oxygen, gas levelsv

University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye, who is continuing to assess the impacts of…
First published study of 2009 Atlanta floods may hold clues to recent urban flooding

Now, in what is likely the first scholarly published study of the floods, a team…
Media Advisory: UGA Oil spill experts to give regular briefings

University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye and other faculty members directly involved in assessing…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Scientist to give first-hand account of oil spill plume research

One of the first scientists to discover deepwater plumes emanating from the Deepwater Horizon oil…
Media Advisory: UGA Experts Available to discuss Gulf Oil Spill

Several scientists at the University of Georgia are at the forefront of the response to…
UGA finishes first round of planting donated trees

In the last year, about 225 oak trees have been planted on the University of…
Landscape architecture professors earn honors at Netherlands conference

Two UGA professors from the College of Environment and Design were honored at the 2010…
UGA marine scientists lead oil plume research mission; blog from the Gulf of Mexico

team of University of Georgia marine scientists conducting research on the huge underwater oil plume…
UGA researcher Rebecca Sharitz receives National Wetlands Award

Rebecca Sharitz, a researcher at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory received the…
Ecology professor named to National Research Council committee that will set ballast water standard

Jeb Byers, associate professor in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has been…
EcoFocus Film Festival issues call for film submissions

The EcoFocus Film Festival, an initiative of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology,…
University of Georgia researchers awarded $2.4 million to study Amazon River to ocean continuum

An international team of American and Brazilian researchers led by a University of Georgia scientist…
Media Advisory: UGA scientists make major discovery

Two scientists from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will announce…
UGA professors featured in Appalachia environmental history series

Two University of Georgia professors-Charles Hudson, retired professor of anthropology, and John Inscoe, professor of…
Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences receive $2.2 million grant

Weatherization monitors and educators funded with federal stimulus money are already making a difference in…
Research at Antarctica’s ‘Mars on Earth’ reveals non-organic mechanism for production of important g

In so many ways, Don Juan Pond in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica is one…
New UGA website provides trusted source for “green” living

A website developed by University of Georgia faculty members focuses on multiple ways to “go…
UGA ranks among most environmentally responsible colleges

The University of Georgia is one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges, according to The…
New collaboration between UGA Odum School of Ecology & Rainforest Alliance

A new collaboration between the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology and the international…
William H. Schlesinger to present 25th annual Odum Lecture at UGA

William H. Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will present the 25th…
College of Veterinary Medicine students to host microchip clinic to benefit Haitian relief effort

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine’s Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical…
UGA study finds long-distance migration shapes butterfly wings

A University of Georgia study has found that monarch butterflies that migrate long distances have…