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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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Small town in Patrick County looks to historic theater — and Virginia Tech — to spark growth , articleCould a 1940s theater bring more people to Stuart, Virginia? A team of graduate assistants at the Center for Economic and Community Engagement put their knowledge to work to help town leaders figure it out.
Date: May 15, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech’s Robert J. Bodnar and Shuhai Xiao elected to the National Academy of Sciences , articleBodnar, University Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry, and Xiao, a renowned paleobiologist and geobiologist, are among 120 new members and 23 international associates recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Date: May 03, 2023 -
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A personal perspective on policymaking during the COVID-19 pandemic , articleLinsey Marr, the Charles P. Lunsford professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recounted her experiences interacting with governmental and health policymakers as the guest speaker for this year’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy program.
Date: May 03, 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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Experience an acoustic invasion at ICAT Day , article“Acoustic Invasion” will be one of about two dozen innovative research projects on display during the Institute for Creativity, Art, and Technology's annual ICAT Day on May 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to experience these ongoing works and ask questions of the people making them possible.
Date: Apr 25, 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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Critical observations of sinking coasts , articleUsing publicly available satellite imagery, Manoochehr Shirzaei and the 15 student and postdoctoral researchers at Virginia Tech’s Earth Observation and Innovation Lab measure millions of occurrences of sinking land, known as land subsidence, spanning multiple years. They then create some of the world’s first high-resolution depictions of the land subsidence, which when combined with other observations, such as sea-level rise, provide more clear projection of the potential impact of floods and natural disasters during the next 100 years.
Date: Apr 11, 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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Expanded perspectives give greater voice to invasive species working group , articleThe Invasive Species Working Group is crowdsourcing resources and expertise to tackle global invasion species that are reshaping ecosystems, disrupting economies, and causing disease, costing an estimated $1.3 trillion globally each year.
Date: Mar 23, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech geoscientists shed a light on life’s evolution 800 million years ago , articleIs nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team from Virginia Tech has unearthed evidence that may indicate yes.
Date: Mar 22, 2023 -
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A career built on science and service , articleIn April, Bill Hopkins will lead a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where he will present a 30-year conservation plan for the species in Virginia that he authored in 2022.
Date: Mar 06, 2023 -
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Amy Pruden speaks at Global Leaders Group meeting on antimicrobial resistance , articlePruden was invited to speak with the group to help identify sustainable health outcomes for people and ecosystems.
Date: Mar 01, 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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No frogs or toads left behind on Virginia Tech researchers’ watch , articleFor the last two years, researcher Traci DuBose and her team have evaluated and compared more than 140,000 observations of anurans native to the contiguous United States, making it the first study of this size and scope.
Date: Feb 24, 2023 -
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This ecosystem toxicologist is tracking microplastic consumption in dolphins , articleBiological sciences' Assistant Professor Austin Gray’s research has led him and fellow team members to find an average of 1,400 microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of dolphins in Charleston Harbor.
Date: Feb 17, 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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Sharks, spatial data, and a conservation success story , articleResearchers in the College of Natural Resources and the Environment contribute to research aligning fisheries management with shark and ray conservation.
Date: Jan 23, 2023 -
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Internationally recognized scientist and writer C. Brandon Ogbunu to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar , articleThe 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar features C. Brandon Ogbunu, a self-described radical collaborator, who will lead a talk, “Living, Learning, and Adaptive Landscapes: How Evolutionary Biology Can Help us Navigate it All,” on Jan. 20 at Steger Hall on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus.
Date: Jan 13, 2023
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