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Protecting the protectors , articleCommonwealth Cyber Initiative researchers from Virginia Tech work to secure future military base power grid operations and their critical missions from cybersecurity threats.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Making a CAREER on bridging scientific knowledge and AI , articleAnuj Karpatne, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a five-year, $595,738 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to explore a unified approach for accelerating scientific discovery using scientific knowledge and data.
Date: Aug 28, 2023 -
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Finding flounder in a changing ocean , articleResearchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are collaborating with the fishing industry to better understand the population and distribution of summer flounder.
Date: Aug 18, 2023 -
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Researchers prepare for the next earthquake in Oregon , articleThe Cascadia Subduction Zone fault line last experienced an earthquake in 1700. Some 300 years later, geoscientist Tina Dura and her team are taking core samples to reconstruct the seismic history of the coastal region to help its residents prepare for the next earthquake and resulting tsunami and flooding.
Date: Aug 15, 2023 -
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Scientists spurred by a thirst to transform the field of phytoplankton forecasting , articleCayelan Carey, professor of biological sciences, will serve as the lead principal investigator on a $2.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop the first automated, real-time system to forecast the toxic blooms that endanger drinking water.
Date: Aug 08, 2023 -
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A river of water research flows throughout the commonwealth , articleThe Virginia Water Resources Center plays an important role in supporting collaborative research on water science at Virginia Tech while fostering public engagement and outreach across the commonwealth.
Date: Aug 03, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech expert: Is a shortage of Canadian firefighters worsening the nation’s wildfire crisis? , articleMore than 400 active fires are burning in Canada right now, marking what is most likely the worst fire season in the nation’s history. The drivers of the wildfires in Canada match recent fire disasters in the Western U.S. and other countries: climate change-induced temperatures and droughts. But Canada is facing a unique issue as well: a shortage of volunteer firefighters. The shortfall is likely making the crisis all the more difficult.
Date: Jun 14, 2023 -
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A new twist on understanding tornadoes , articleVirginia Tech researchers use meteorological data to explore the relationship between atmospheric processes and tornado risks.
Date: Jun 13, 2023 -
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Expert available to discuss new report that puts globe on course for breaching benchmark high temperature , articleVirginia Tech geophysicist and environmental security expert Manoochehr Shirzaei studies climate change and uses publicly available satellite imagery to build maps of millions of instances of rising sea levels and coastal land subsidence.
Date: May 17, 2023 -
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Environmental data science capstone students strive and succeed in applying data to real-world projects , articleStudents in the environmental data science capstone course use environmental data to design web apps to aid in conservation research and education.
Date: May 16, 2023 -
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Dan Stilwell named Seale Coastal Zone Observatory Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2001, Stilwell’s research is focused on marine robotics and autonomy and the design of advanced autonomous underwater vehicles. Stilwell is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics.
Date: Apr 28, 2023 -
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Study: Sinking ground in parts of Chesapeake Bay area will worsen flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges , articleNew research by Virginia Tech scientists shows that sections of the Chesapeake Bay are sinking at rates of nearly a quarter an inch — or 7 millimeters — a year. Further, up-to-date knowledge of where the ground in the Chesapeake Bay area is sinking and by how much is not included in the official planning maps that authorities use to assess the local flooding risk from rising sea levels, the researchers said.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
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Researchers to investigate a gap in animal evolution between two of Earth’s most explosive biodiversity events , articleWith support from NASA’s exobiology program, Ben Gill is leading a team of geologists and geochemists from Virginia Tech, Florida State University, Smith College, and Yale University to collect and study sedimentary rocks and fossils deposited globally under the ocean during the 40-million-year delay in diversification between the Cambrian Explosion and the Ordovician Radiation.
Date: Apr 12, 2023 -
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NASA grant to fund critical research on sea-level rise in Virginia , articleA collaborative research team will seek to understand how rising sea levels will impact coastal communities, merging social science with geospatial information to help Virginia communities adapt to a changing landscape.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
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Kathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana , articleAlexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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Luis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales , articleWith the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans.
Date: Feb 27, 2023 -
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Hokies take the plunge in pursuit of a sustainable New Zealand , articleStudents learn about the interplay between humans and the natural environment on an overseas study trip to New Zealand.
Date: Feb 17, 2023 -
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Berkeley researcher to headline ecological forecasting event at Virginia Tech , articleThe Spring Seminar, Skills and Social event hosted by the Ecological Forecasting Project at Virginia Tech will take place Thursday, Feb. 23, in Fralin Auditorium.
Date: Feb 13, 2023 -
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Unearthing the impact of moisture on soil carbon processes , articleA new paper reveals the critical role that moisture plays in the cycling and sequestration of soil carbon.
Date: Feb 07, 2023 -
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New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians , articleA team of scientists from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Petrified Forest National Park, among others, have discovered the first “unmistakable” Triassic-era caecilian fossil — the oldest-known caecilian fossils — extending the record of this small, burrowing mammal by roughly 35 million years. The find fills a gap of at least 87 million years in the known historical fossil record of the amphibian-like creature.
Date: Jan 25, 2023
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