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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Adam Coates talks about wildfires , articleCoates explained some of the science behind fire behavior, the role of landscape, and the challenges posed by urban areas to fire management. He also shared insights about preventative measures communities can take, including the use of prescribed burning.
Date: Feb 03, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Hybrid fire ants turn up the heat in far Southwest Virginia , articleVirginia Tech entomologists have partnered with Virginia Cooperative Extension to help track and prevent the spread of hybrid fire ants in the commonwealth.
Date: Jan 27, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech’s Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture enrolls 1,300-plus farms in first year of landmark pilot program , articleThe $80 million USDA-funded project — the largest grant in Virginia Tech’s history — provides financial support for farmers in selected counties in four states to implement agricultural practices that protect water, soil, and air.
Date: Jan 07, 2025 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech study extends chart of life by nearly 1.5 billion years , articleFossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new Virginia Tech analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago.
Date: Dec 19, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Expert shares factors increasing forest fire ignitions , articleForest fires are natural phenomena, yet studies show they are becoming more widespread, consuming larger areas of forest each year. Virginia Tech fire ecology and management expert Adam Coates discusses the t factors causing unnaturally high numbers of forest fires, how fire itself can be a counteractant, and provides tips for homeowners.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Media Advisory: Virginia Tech expert explains NOAA forecast for mild winter in mid-Atlantic region , articleDrew Ellis, a professor in the Department of Geography and an expert in climate science, explains the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's winter outlook, which predicts a mild winter for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States
Date: Dec 05, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Experts available: Economy and voters, future of alliances, power in transition, COP29, and more , articleVirginia Tech experts are available to discuss topics in the news, including voters' dissatisfaction with the economy, the future of U.S. alliances under Trump, the consequences of power in transition, how to navigate politics at family events, the upcoming COP29 conference, and more.
Date: Nov 11, 2024 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Tina Dura talks about subduction zones, earthquakes, and tsunamis , article
Dura explained the mechanics of earthquakes and how the geological record and fossilized algae are helping researchers better understand past occurrences and predict future ones.
Date: Nov 11, 2024 - -
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Category: research When Earth was slushy , articleResults from a new study provide the first direct geochemical evidence that the frozen Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age.
Date: Nov 05, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech researcher questions sending more humans to space , articleVirginia Tech researcher and Ph.D. student, Savannah Mandel, is a proponent of unmanned exploration. But she wants systemic change in the industry before we send more humans to outer space.
Date: Oct 01, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Renowned expert on water-to-air pollution to speak at College of Science J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series , articleKimberly Prather, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will give a talk titled “From Water to Air: How Pollution Impacts Air Quality and Health in Coastal Regions" on Sept. 26.
Date: Sep 23, 2024 - -
Video ItemCategory: research Virginia Tech researcher calls for end to human space exploration , video
Savannah Mandel has conducted research at Spaceport America and in the federal government, and worked in the commercial space industry. She's given talks at NASA. Now she's published a book titled "Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration." An outer space anthropologist, Mandel is also pursuing a Ph.D. in science and technology studies at Virginia Tech. Learn why she believes it's time to stop sending humans to space.
Date: Sep 07, 2024 - -
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Category: research A watershed moment for the survival of imperiled Appalachian salamanders , articleIn partnership with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Virginia Tech researchers received a $2 million science-guided conservation award from a joint venture of the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Date: Aug 20, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech research team uses AI, satellite imagery to detail Debby’s damage , articleThe category 1 hurricane flooded nearly 2,200 square kilometers between Florida and New York.
Date: Aug 19, 2024 - -
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Category: research Weather 'whiplash' in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change , articleJ.E. “Jeb” Barrett, professor of biological sciences, and his colleagues have reported findings indicating that a March 2022 “weather whiplash” led to record-high death rates for invertebrate organisms that count on surviving winter in an “inactive freeze-dried state.”
Date: Aug 07, 2024 - -
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NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $1.97 million for joint Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware project as part of Investing in America Agenda , articleSecretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended $1.97 million for a project in Virginia to make the state’s coast more resilient to climate change and other coastal hazards.
Date: Aug 06, 2024 - -
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Category: research Balancing fairness and welfare in the face of uncertainty , articlePamplin College of Business Professor Chris Zobel has developed a model to enable infrastructure managers to consider social vulnerabilities and projected sea level rise to optimize resource allocation.
Date: Jul 23, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Researcher supports Indigenous communities in finding accessible solutions to global problems , articleEranga Galappaththi has dedicated more than 10 years to studying the social dimensions of human-nature systems, particularly within 11 Indigenous communities in Sri Lanka and the Canadian Arctic, examining their responses to various natural and human-made problems.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech mathematical biologist works with international team to analyze rise in dengue outbreaks , articleAlong with his Argentinean colleagues, Assistant Professor Michael Robert is studying the relationship between climate change and the rise of dengue in temperate regions.
Date: Jul 12, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Venkat Sridhar to support global food and water security as a National Academies Jefferson Science Fellow , articleSridhar will share his expertise in global water resource management to impact federal policy through a fellowship awarded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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