Tag: Environment

UGA geneticist receives $1.1 million to study how plants will respond to climate change

Jill Anderson, an assistant professor of genetics in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of…
Housing residents donate more than 70,000 pounds of material to local charities

On-campus University of Georgia residents donated an estimated 73,660 pounds of material to eight nonprofit…
UGA experts travel to Gulf of Mexico to investigate May 12 oil spill

A team of research scientists led by University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye is…
White House hosts event on the future of microbiomes

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s May 13 event on microbiomes—communities of…
UGA study finds Saharan dust affects marine bacteria, potential pathogen Vibrio

Iron, a critical element for living organisms, can be hard to hard to come by…
UGA, Italian university partner for first-of-its-kind program in sustainable agriculture

To promote collaboration on some of the biggest challenges facing agriculture today, the University of…
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 Dean Sam Pardue visits with agriculture industry leaders in south Georgia

Weeks of visits and tours across Georgia has University of Georgia College of Agricultural and…
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…
Skidaway Institute starts study on dynamic Cape Hatteras waters

Sometimes called the “graveyard of the Atlantic” because of the large number of shipwrecks there,…
USDA grant funds UGA scientist’s work on nanocellulose, digestion

University of Georgia food engineer Fanbin Kong has been awarded a $496,317 grant from the…
Watershed UGA launches campaign to ‘daylight’ campus streams

Most of the streams that run through the University of Georgia campus flow through culverts…
UGA research will help policymakers plan for sea level rise

A new study by University of Georgia researchers could help protect more than 13 million…
Core-shell nanostructures show promise in production of fuel gases

Researchers at the University of Georgia have created a nanostructure that could provide a path…
Report finds science can estimate climate change’s influence on some extreme events

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says estimating the…
Molecular-level relationships key to deciphering ocean carbon

From beach shallows to the ocean depths, vast numbers of chemical compounds work together to…
University of Georgia to partner with UGA Athletic Association to restore North Campus quad

The University of Georgia is beginning an initiative to preserve and restore the integrity of…
Trees vital to improving stream quality, UGA study finds

Want better streams? Plant some trees, according to a University of Georgia study.