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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
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Here’s Scientific Proof Your Cat Will Eat Almost Anything
An analysis published today in Nature Communications, led by Auburn University ecologist Christopher Lepczyk, reveals that there’s shockingly little that cats don’t eat.…
December 12, 2023
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$5M gift to endow a faculty chair fuels growth of Earth Commons
Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute (ECo) received its largest gift to date from an alumna and her husband who live in San Francisco’s Bay Area. The $5 million gift funds a…
December 4, 2023
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Georgetown Launches Undergraduate Degree on the Environment and Sustainability
Starting in spring 2024, first-year students and sophomores can enroll in the core courses of the Joint Environment & Sustainability Program (JESP) and work toward a bachelor of…
December 1, 2023
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Georgetown Launches Undergraduate Degree on the Environment and Sustainability
December 1 , 2023 Press Contact: Justine Bowe, The Earth Commons: justine.bowe@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgetown University has launched…
December 1, 2023
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Georgetown MS-ESM Class of 2024 Reports Increase in Female Representation
The MS-ESM Class of 2024, which is the second cohort of the 11-month interdisciplinary program at Georgetown, consists of a diverse range of students who hail from various…
November 29, 2023
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Microplastics were found in D.C. rivers. Researchers want to find why.
The new funding supports efforts by researchers from American University and Georgetown University to sample water and sediment at sites in the Anacostia and Potomac rivers. It…
November 27, 2023
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Unearthing a Better Way to Use Pesticides With an Environmental Toxicologist
Jesse Meiller, associate teaching professor in the Earth Commons Institute and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, spent seven years working in the Environmental Protection…
November 20, 2023
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Water Conference Identifies Regional Solutions and Concerns Ahead of COP28 Conference
Outcomes from GU-Q’s “Sustaining the Oasis” Hiwaraat conference are poised to be a catalyst for shaping new dialogues, collaboration, and research partnerships around water…
November 15, 2023