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This Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Most from Climate Change
A new index that rates 70,000 U.S. communities on their climate vulnerability finds that parts of the Gulf Coast subject to flooding and economic and racial inequities are most…
April 6, 2023
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Researchers disentangle patterns of indoor mixing for respiratory disease transmission risk
Researchers have characterized the seasonal effects on human social behavior to provide new insights on the risk of respiratory disease.…
April 4, 2023
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New Georgetown Study Will Investigate Nanoplastics on Animal Health and Development
Environmental exposure to nanoplastics in daily life is very common. Surprisingly, very few studies have attempted to quantify the effect of nanoplastic exposure on animal health…
March 29, 2023
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New Smithsonian Bird Exhibit Takes Flight
Peter Marra, the director of the Earth Commons at Georgetown and a former senior scientist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, worked on the design of the new Bird House…
March 23, 2023
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UN High Seas Treaty Promotes Ocean Protection
At the conference, Rebecca Helm, a marine biologist who studies jellyfish and other coastal species with the Georgetown University Earth Commons Institute, provided delegates…
March 23, 2023
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The Kennedy Center’s RiverRun Festival Inspires Aliveness
The Kennedy Center created the RiverRun festival to celebrate the world’s rivers, and the “Ferry Tales” exhibit highlights the wonders of D.C.’s very own.…
March 23, 2023
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Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming?
The Sargasso Sea, in the southeastern Atlantic, and the Thermal Dome in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Panama, are two examples of areas that could be protected under the…
March 14, 2023
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Explainer: Health and Environmental Impacts of the Ohio Train Derailment
According to Jesse Meiller, an environmental science professor and environmental toxicologist at Georgetown, varying amounts of the materials being transported on the train were…
March 13, 2023
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It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds
“The impact on wild bird populations is unprecedented,” says Peter Marra, an ornithologist and director of the Earth Commons Institute at Georgetown University. “Massive…
March 8, 2023
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GRID: “Why a historic new ocean treaty made between more than 190 countries is a very big deal”
The agreement, which needs to be ratified, will help protect parts of the ocean we’re only beginning to.…
March 7, 2023