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Georgetown’s MS-ESM Program Receives Yellow Ribbon Funding To Support Veterans

In an effort to enhance access to educational opportunities for veterans seeking advanced degrees, the M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM) program at…

February 7, 2024

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The Dark Side of Ocean Cleanup Technology

ECo Faculty Rebecca Helm and colleagues think the trash-collecting machines are harming more ocean organisms than they’re.…

February 2, 2024

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New inroads on community-centric placemaking

“We found that by redesigning city hall, we can redesign how the decision-making structure works in the places where people live to be useful for them.” says Sheila.…

February 2, 2024

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Understanding changes in reducing pesticide use by farmers: Contribution of the behavioural sciences

Agricultural land is a socio-ecological system in which environmental, economic, agronomic and social components are closely linked and interact in a non-linear and complex way.…

January 23, 2024

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Environmental and geographical factors influence the occurrence and abundance of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, in Hawai‘i

Hawaiian honeycreepers, a group of endemic Hawaiian forest birds, are being threatened by avian malaria, a non-native disease that is driving honeycreepers populations to…

January 23, 2024

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Animal evolution at the ocean’s water-air interface

Innovation is a key to evolutionary success and entrance into novel ecosystems.1 Species that float freely at the ocean’s surface, termed obligate neuston (also called, …

January 23, 2024

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The Dark Side of Ocean Cleanup Technology

Some marine biologists think the trash-collecting machines are harming more ocean organisms than they’re.…

January 23, 2024

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Water Is the New Oil in the Gulf

Raha Hakimdavar is senior advisor to the dean of Georgetown University Qatar and the dean of the Earth Commons Institute. In the arid desert landscapes of the Gulf, where oil has…

January 19, 2024

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How to feed a hot hungry planet

The resilience and innovation of farmers and ranchers may play a key role in reducing global food. …

December 18, 2023

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Study Reveals Bird Distributions are Shifting South – not North – due to Changes in Tropical Precipitation

Changing climatic conditions, specifically rainfall declines on tropical non-breeding grounds, have reshaped migratory birds’ geographic distribution and abundance, according…

December 18, 2023