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Luis Escobar receives NIH award to study rabies transmission from wildlife to humans , articleEscobar will study vampire bats in Latin America to learn more about the spillover of a wildlife disease that can severely impact human health: rabies.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
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Extreme environments expert discusses causes of recent wildfires , articleWildfires in Hawaii have devastated the island of Maui and leveled the historic town of Lahaina. Canada continues to experience its worst ever wildfire season, with more than 1,000 active fires. Brian Lattimer, Director of Virginia Tech’s Extreme Environments and Materials Lab, explains what the Maui and Canadian wildfires have in common.
Date: Aug 28, 2023 -
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Brian Strahm named fellow of the Soil Science Society of America , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2009, Strahm’s research focuses on the interactions of minerals, organic matter, plants, and microbes within forest soil ecosystems.
Date: Aug 25, 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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An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap , articleGuoliang “Greg” Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics — from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags — into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them.
Date: Aug 10, 2023 -
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Harold Burkhart honored with emeritus status posthumously , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community, Burkhart’s work using modeling to understand forest stand dynamics contributed significantly to the field of forest biometrics.
Date: Aug 07, 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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Into the woods: Forestry curriculum provides immersive experience , articleThe College of Natural Resources and Environment is where the fundamentals of forestry science merge with new technologies and hands-on experiences, readying students to take on the challenges of conserving, managing, and utilizing our forest environments.
Date: Jul 17, 2023 -
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Alumna Lanxing Fu shares inspiration, commitment to creative collaboration in address to Class of 2023 , articleFu '12, the commencement speaker for the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design ceremony in May, related several stories of discovery, creativity, collaboration, and compassion.
Date: Jul 05, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech study reveals reason hellbenders are disappearing , articleThe gigantic, slimy salamanders known as hellbenders, once the apex predators of many freshwater streams, have been in decline for decades. A study led by Virginia Tech professor William Hopkins, published in The American Naturalist, determined that in deforested areas, hellbender fathers are far more likely to eat their entire brood than in areas that still have lush foliage.
Date: Jun 28, 2023 -
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Appalachian drinking water quality and health data lacking, Virginia Tech-led study finds , articleAlasdair Cohen, assistant professor of environmental epidemiology in public health, has studied drinking water and health challenges in rural areas internationally and in California. Since arriving at Virginia Tech in 2019, he has been studying similar issues in rural Appalachia.
Date: Jun 21, 2023 -
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The soul of a department , articleA conversation with Don Orth, the Thomas H. Jones Professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, who is concluding a 43-year career teaching fisheries science at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jun 20, 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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Grassroots philanthropy effort will fund Virginia Tech white-tailed deer research , articleA philanthropic grant from Virginia Hound Heritage will help support research on a disease impacting white-tailed deer in Virginia.
Date: May 05, 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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Earth Day puts Virginia Tech researchers in spotlight , articleThese forward-thinking projects represent a small sampling of the projects Virginia Tech faculty members have launched in pursuit of a sustainable future as they focus year-round on ways to allay the climate crisis and embed environmentally friendly processes into agricultural production, commercial industry, and the development of new technologies.
Date: Apr 20, 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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