Tag: Sustainability
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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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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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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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Scientists research deep-sea hydrothermal vents, find carbon-removing properties
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins joined a team of researchers…
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World Food Prize laureate to give 2015 D.W. Brooks Lecture at UGA
Sanjaya Rajaram, who spent his career breeding more sustainable and productive wheat varieties, will visit…
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University of Georgia collaborates with multi-state team on Rain Garden app
The University of Georgia EcoScapes Sustainable Land Use Program has collaborated with the University of…
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UGA to use $2 million grant to develop control for blueberry-destroying fly
A tiny fly is having a huge impact on American fruit farmers. Known as spotted…
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UGA engineering program to train students to look to nature for solutions
Researchers at the University of Georgia and James Madison University want students to draw inspiration…
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UGA’s Jenna Jambeck featured at international ‘Our Ocean’ conference
An associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Engineering is in Chile this…
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International research team finds thriving wildlife populations in Chernobyl
A team of international researchers, including James Beasley, assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the…
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Sixth Women and Girls in Georgia Conference at UGA to focus on sustainability
The Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia is hosting its sixth conference…
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UGA adds solar-powered waste reduction stations to meet strategic goals
The University of Georgia has installed 40 additional solar-powered waste reduction stations throughout the UGA…
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Species extinction can doom parasites important for ecosystem health, UGA study finds
The effects of an animal population’s extinction may echo beyond the original species, new University…
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UGA receives $2.99 million grant for graduate training program in disease ecology
The University of Georgia has received a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Science…
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New Fresh Food Bus takes riders from campus to farmers market
A new on-campus bus route will take riders from the University of Georgia campus to…
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UGA charges ahead with solar-powered picnic table
University of Georgia students, faculty and staff are now able to power up their electronic…
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UGA graduate student to study ancient climate patterns in native Madagascar
University of Georgia geology doctoral student Ny Riavo Voarintsoa has been selected for the Faculty…
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Non-native marine species’ spread, impact explained by time since introduction
The time since the introduction of a non-native marine species best explains its global range,…
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UGA mobile app now includes Athens Transit bus routes
The official mobile app for the University of Georgia now includes a real-time bus tracker…
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UGA researcher calls for more natural baseline data collection in world’s oceans
In the spring of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, initiating an uncontrolled deep-water…
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Continued destruction of Earth’s plant life places humankind in jeopardy, says UGA research
Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it…
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Natural wilderness areas need buffer zones to protect from human development
Despite heavy development, the U.S. still has millions of acres of pristine wild lands. Coveted…
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Five years after oil spill, UGA’s Samantha Joye still leading research in the Gulf
Five years ago, on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil well drilling platform exploded…
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