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Education modules build student and instructor skills , articleFrustrated with a gap of available data science training opportunities for environmental science undergraduate students and instructors, in 2017 Virginia Tech researchers built a new educational program and extended it to other universities.
Date: Oct 25, 2024 - -
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Researcher finds nature’s hidden threshold for saltiness in the space where forests meet streams , articleCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher Sally Entrekin is co-leading a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation-funded study of how salinization impacts aquatic and terrestrial life in riparian zones.
Date: Oct 11, 2024 - -
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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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New leadership to guide the Virginia Water Resources Research Center , articleDirector Kevin McGuire and Associate Director Daniel McLaughlin will continue the center’s mission to support research, collaboration, and outreach on water issues impacting the commonwealth.
Date: Jun 26, 2024 - -
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New research details economic, nutritional impact of global recreational inland fishing , articleA new paper explores the critical role inland recreational fisheries play in providing affordable nutrition and how climate change threatens access for millions of people globally.
Date: Jun 11, 2024 - -
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New center showcases Virginia Tech's strengths in global sustainability , articleCayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas, co-directors of the Virginia Tech Center for Ecosystem Forecasting, are striving to stay ahead of ecological hazards and broadly extending their efforts to encompass partners both home and abroad.
Date: Apr 09, 2024 - -
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Researchers receive National Science Foundation grant for long-term data research , articleThe five-year grant will support three Virginia Tech researchers working to help better predict the future of ecosystems.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 - -
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Undergraduate students SURF into research this summer , articleNine undergraduate students were paired with Fralin Life Sciences Institute-affiliated faculty mentors for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, a 10-week training program designed to give motivated undergraduates full-time research experience that mirrors real-world graduate work.
Date: Sep 13, 2023 - -
Video ItemRestoring filter feeders in Potomac River tributaries , video
A team of biologists from different universities are collaborating with state and federal agencies to introduce freshwater mussels into two urban streams in Reston, VA. Both streams flow into the Potomac River and subsequently the Chesapeake Bay. "A lot of times we have too much sediment in urban streams," said Associate Professor Sally Entrekin. "So the freshwater mussels are a lot like oysters, where they filter that sediment."
Date: Aug 22, 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 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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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 team awarded NSF grant to assess how salt in freshwater streams impacts aquatic ecosystems , articleThe Appalachian region is home to extremely high biodiversity, making it urgent need to understand how increased freshwater salinization affects these environments.
Date: Oct 17, 2022 - -
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Biological Science’s Cayelan Carey to expand modeling capabilities for daily water quantity and quality forecasts , articleThe Fulbright Future Scholar aims to give water managers the tools to forecast the effects of droughts, storms, and algal blooms on driving water conditions in lakes and reservoirs as regularly as we predict the weather.
Date: Sep 20, 2022 - -
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New study: A vicious cycle of oxygen loss threatens water quality in lakes , article
In a seven-year field experiment that manipulated oxygen levels in the bottom waters of a nearby reservoir, Cayelan Carey and her research team found that with anoxic conditions came effects they had expected: The sediments release a lot of nutrients and carbon.
Date: May 25, 2022 - -
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Whitney Woelmer named Outstanding Doctoral Student for College of Science , articleWoelmer’s research is broadly focused on understanding water quality – things like the amount of algae or nutrients – in lakes and reservoirs and predicting how it can change both over time and spatially.
Date: May 17, 2022 - -
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Class of 2022: Carla López Lloreda honored as College of Science's Outstanding Master’s Student , articleHurricane María was a turning point in the life of Carla López Lloreda, the 2022 Outstanding Master’s Student in the College of Science. Experiencing firsthand the devastation wrought by the hurricane – including weeks without water and months without power – she became even more motivated to make a difference through her research.
Date: May 10, 2022 - -
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Class of 2021: College of Science’s Outstanding Doctoral Student continues passion as postdoctoral researcher, educator , articleMary Lofton’s goal as a student was to help find ways to sustainably provide high-quality freshwater resources to all communities. “One of the things that draws me is the ability of water quality to bring people together,” she said. “It’s a unifying topic."
Date: Dec 10, 2021 - -
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Discovering the hidden world of freshwater mussels with immersive technology , article“With this project, we are trying to explain and make people aware of a complicated environmental problem that affects some of the most imperiled creatures in our very backyard, at the Clinch River in Appalachia,” explained Matthew Hull.
Date: Dec 03, 2021 -
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