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Electrocution Isn’t the Main Thing Killing Birds Along Power Lines
A survey of power lines in four Western states found bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in most of the dead birds that were.…
August 3, 2023
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After a Trip to the Yucatan, Undergraduates Find Their Plans Shaken Up
We’re bringing students to different international sites to give them hands-on experiences with environment and sustainability issues and empower them to see the world and our…
August 1, 2023
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ECo Impact Awards: Project Progress
From pollinators to people to past populations, ECo Impact Award recipients are expanding scholarship on environment and sustainability at Georgetown University and beyond. In…
July 27, 2023
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Home Sweet…Garbage? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Teeming with Life.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is teeming with life. A dynamic group of organisms, from star-like jellies to industrious snails, is thriving within the immense mass of floating…
July 24, 2023
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Oppenheimer revealed the human and political sides of science
The "relationship between science and politics is a two-way street," says Toshihiro Higuchi, a professor of history at Georgetown University who studies the environmental impacts…
July 21, 2023
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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria
Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous…
July 20, 2023
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Microplastics and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Abundance, Distribution, and Chemical Analyses in the Nash Run, an Urban Tributary to the Anacostia River (Washington, DC, USA)
This is the first study that shows the presence of microplastics in both water and sediment and the presence of specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment at the same…
July 19, 2023
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Georgetown University Launches Platform to Navigate Laws Governing the Prevention of Infectious Disease Emergence Worldwide
Georgetown University announces the launch of Analysis and Mapping of Policies for all Emerging Infectious Diseases (AMP for EID), a first-of-its-kind policy platform to enhance…
July 19, 2023
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China’s Xi Rebuffs Kerry’s Call for Faster Climate Action
Mr. Kerry emerged late Wednesday from the lengthy negotiations in Beijing with no new agreements. In fact, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, insisted in a speech that China…
July 19, 2023
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Climate change is increasing our risk of exposure to disease
As Earth's climate changes, animals that carry diseases are shifting their habitats in response — and changing the risk of infectious disease as they go… "I think we’ve…
July 18, 2023