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Article ItemVirginia Tech seismologist gets to the core of historic West Coast earthquake , article
Tina Dura's research team, which is examining core sediments and diatoms to help reconstruct the seismic history of the Cascadia subduction zone, was featured in a broadcast episode on the Oregon PBS program "All Science. No Fiction."
Date: Jul 18, 2024 -
Article ItemStudents explore evolutionary marvels during a journey to the Galápagos Islands , article
Fifteen undergraduate students spent their spring break being inspired by the living laboratory of Charles Darwin.
Date: Jul 18, 2024 -
Article ItemResearcher tackles hidden climate impacts in the soil and air , article
Hosein Foroutan, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, seeks to illuminate overlooked climate impacts through two projects examining mineral dust and soil nitrous oxide.
Date: Jul 16, 2024 -
Article ItemNew leadership to guide the Virginia Water Resources Research Center , article
Director 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 -
Article ItemNew research details economic, nutritional impact of global recreational inland fishing , article
A 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researcher's team discovers 'missing' sea sponges , article
In a paper released in the journal Nature, Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and collaborators reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The discovery sheds new light on a conundrum that has stumped zoologists and paleontologists for years.
Date: Jun 05, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Hosein Foroutan talks about microplastics, the ocean, and the atmosphere , article
Foroutan explained what microplastics are and shared recent findings that indicate how such waste is making its way into the air around the world.
Date: May 20, 2024 -
Article ItemSubduction zone splay faults compound hazards of great earthquakes , article
Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth’s largest earthquakes and tsunamis.
Date: May 20, 2024 -
Article ItemResearchers confirm scale matters in determining vulnerability of freshwater fish to climate changes , article
Ph.D. student Samuel Silknetter and Associate Professor Meryl Mims recently led a team that explored the influence the spatial extent of research – the geographical coverage of data collected – has on evaluating the sensitivity of fish species to climate change.
Date: May 16, 2024 -
Article ItemResearch to uncover the impact of water use in the Colorado River Basin , article
Persistent overuse of water and long-term drought has depleted the Colorado River and highlighted the need for a comprehensive understanding of how waters are allocated and used to develop effective management strategies. Landon Marston and his students are part of a group analyzing consumption to help guide these strategies.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Ben Gill talks about the chemistry of Earth history , article
Gill explained how studying the cycles of different elements can tell a story and help us better understand the planet’s most pivotal moments, such as mass extinctions.
Date: Apr 22, 2024 -
Article ItemStephen Schoenholtz honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2006, Schoenholtz made significant contributions to the sustainable management of water and soil resources through his research in the U.S. and New Zealand focusing on effects of land use on water and soil quality.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
Article ItemChina’s sinking cities indicate global-scale problem, Virginia Tech researcher says , article
A third of China’s urban population at risk of city sinking, according to new satellite data. In an invited article for the journal Science, Manoochehr Shirzaei discusses how this phenomenon points to a global problem: Land is sinking everywhere.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
Article ItemInvasive species sound off about impending ecosystem changes , article
A team of researchers led by Grace O’Malley, Ph.D. candidate in biological sciences, and Gabrielle Ripa, Ph.D. student in plant and environmental sciences, have discovered that the silent growth of non-native invasive plants can affect the soundscape of an ecosystem.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
Article ItemMemories of fishers reach beyond the data , article
A research team led by Associate Professor Leandro Castelli demonstrates that local knowledge of past harvests can provide an accurate – and affordable – depiction of historical fish stocks.
Date: Apr 16, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Jennifer Russell talks about circular economies , article
Jennifer Russell explained that a circular economy is a shift away from the linear economy, which follows a take-make-dispose model, and instead focuses on reducing waste and reusing materials and shared examples of tangible products and industries that can be, or already are, part of a circular economy.
Date: Apr 15, 2024 -
Article ItemInvasive species, pandemic prevention research presented to Board of Visitors committee , article
The Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee heard a presentation on two transdisciplinary research projects.
Date: Apr 11, 2024 -
Article ItemEarth Day 2024: Experts available to discuss environmental issues and how to solve them , article
The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews to speak on issues ahead of Earth Day on April 22, 2024. Those topics include the environment, energy, infrastructure, invasive species, food waste artificial intelligence, sustainability, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Apr 11, 2024 -
Article ItemNew center showcases Virginia Tech's strengths in global sustainability , article
Cayelan 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech study considers ways to increase accessibility for all wildlife enthusiasts , article
“I like to think of our research as blending together two previously unconnected fields: disability studies and wildlife recreation,” said Emily Sinkular, Ph.D. student and lead author of the study published in the journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Date: Mar 26, 2024
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