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Jumpin’ Jupiter, Ferry Tales, and More Best Bets for April 13–19
The Potomac River, despite being ever-present in the backdrop of D.C., isn’t talked about that much, except for that time pop singer Lorde took an ill-advised swim in it. A…
April 17, 2023
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Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bursting With Life
It is a rare chance to see the impact of a natural disaster on the ocean more than a decade after it occurred, said Rebecca Helm, a marine biologist at Georgetown University who…
April 17, 2023
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Georgetown Professor First to Research Chesapeake Bay Dolphins
Janet Mann, a Georgetown professor of biology and psychology, spoke at Georgetown University on March 30 to discuss her 35 years of research on the social networks of bottlenose…
April 13, 2023
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How to follow along on great spring bird migration
“The past 20 years have seen a true renaissance in different technologies to track bird migrations around the world at scales that haven’t been possible before,” said Peter…
April 13, 2023
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Renowned Author Amitav Ghosh Advocates for Environmental Literature
The lecture was the keynote event in the “Voices on the Environment” series hosted by the Georgetown Earth Commons, and there, Ghosh said that although the story depicted in…
April 13, 2023
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Explorer Award ceremony set for Beloit Public Library
This year's recipient of the award is Sara Stewart Johnson, a planetary scientist, astronomer, biologist and geochemist. She is Provost Distinguished Associate Professor of…
April 12, 2023
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Building Public Renewables in the United States
We propose a new Federal Public Power Program that would create a public option for renewable energy across the United States that can catalyze decarbonization and embed…
April 11, 2023
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Climate change is forcing birds to migrate faster, and there’s a cost: study
Climate change is turning bird migration topsy-turvy according to a new study; making birds wait longer to migrate in the spring and fly faster to try and complete their…
April 11, 2023
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Delaying departure may help birds migrate around climate change
Climate change has deteriorated the habitats of many migratory birds, permanently altering the timing of their expeditions. However, birds may be fighting back by changing their…
April 11, 2023
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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