Tag: Environment
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Workshop educates farmers about building and sustaining a lasting farm
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and UGA Small Business Development Center partnered on Thursday to…
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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…
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Judges choose 33 finalists for UGA’s 2016 Flavor of Georgia contest
Judges have selected 33 products to compete in the final round of the University of…
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Researchers trace peanut crop back to its Bolivian roots
Researchers at the University of Georgia, working with the International Peanut Genome Initiative, have discovered…
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UGA summit on women in agriculture pulls attendees from throughout Southeast
More than 150 agricultural leaders from across 13 Southern states and Washington, D.C., converged on…
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Helping the helpers: Improving safety for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators
Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators in Australia help protect the public from diseases carried by bats. A…
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Ecotourism, natural resource conservation proposed as allies to protect natural landscapes
If environmentalists want to protect fragile ecosytems from landing in the hands of developers—in the…
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UGA to host regional summit on women in agriculture Feb. 8
The University of Georgia will host delegates from 13 states during a summit that will…
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UGA scientists using $5 million grant to combat invasive weed Johnsongrass
A team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia have received a…
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Forestry program at UGA’s Warnell School reaccredited for 10 years
The University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has once again received…
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Office of Sustainability awards grants to fund student projects
The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability has awarded $40,000 to fund 10 interdisciplinary student…
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New model uses public health statistics to signal when disease elimination is imminent
Ecologists at the University of Georgia have developed a model showing that public health surveillance…
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UGA ecologist finds another cause of antibiotic resistance
While the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has prompted the medical community, non-profit organizations, public…
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NIH grants $2.1 million MERIT award extension to UGA researcher studying B-12
The National Institutes of Health Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a five-year extension…
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Harmful bacteria can survive in sandwich crackers, cookies for months, UGA study finds
Researchers at the University of Georgia found that pathogens, like salmonella, can survive for at…
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Media advisory: UGA to deliver tiny house to Georgia organic farmer
University of Georgia faculty members David Berle, with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,…
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Georgia Power, UGA advancing solar energy through solar tracking demonstration project
Georgia Power leaders joined University of Georgia officials, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols and…
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UGA Marine Extension launches state’s first oyster hatchery
With Georgia’s oyster season just beginning, the University of Georgia Marine Extension has opened the…
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Functions of global ocean microbiome key to understanding environmental changes
The billions of marine microorganisms present in every liter of seawater represent a structured ecological…
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UGA agricultural economist recognized by APLU for excellence in teaching
Agricultural lawyer Terence Centner’s focus on current issues and his cultivation of thoughtful debate have…
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UGA’s Ag Forecast to be held across Georgia Jan. 21-29
Whether it’s changing policies or changing weather patterns, the University of Georgia’s team of agricultural…
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Georgia’s pecan crop not expected to meet early projections, says UGA expert
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist Lenny Wells fears Georgia’s pecan crop will fail…
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Climate change likely to increase black carbon input to the Arctic Ocean
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins led a team of researchers…
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Researchers assess use of drug-susceptible parasites to fight drug resistance
Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a model for evaluating a potential new…
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