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Why Those Uneaten Fries and Side of Potatoes Are Bloating U.S. Food Waste
In a new paper by Green of Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute, graduate students, the Portion Balance Coalition, the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative ), …
March 5, 2026
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Is Plate Waste Eating Profit Margins? Research Insights into Reducing Restaurant Food Waste
At a time when rising food costs, shifting consumer appetites, and mounting sustainability pressures are converging on the restaurant industry, research reveals that one of the…
March 2, 2026
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Venda de carnes silvestres, tanto para subsistência quanto para servir turistas, ameaça mamíferos da Amazônia
Carne silvestre desempenha papel de segurança alimentar para consumidores nas comunidades periféricas da Amazônia, daí a importância de sistemas de conservação nos quais…
January 22, 2026
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High Seas at Risk: Study Finds Global Fisheries Governance Lagging Behind What’s Possible
A new paper published in Environmental Research Letters led by Dr. Gabrielle Carmine, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute, offers an…
December 4, 2025
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Armadillos May Be an Underexploited Source of Food Security for Rural Communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
Griffiths, B. M., & Pajuelo Chávez, G. (2025). Armadillos May Be an Underexploited Source of Food Security for Rural Communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Diversity, 17(10), 665. …
August 30, 2025
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Professor Megan Lickley Awarded $4M to Strengthen Global Monitoring of Potent Greenhouse Gases
Dr. Megan Lickley, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute for Environment & Sustainability and the Science, Technology and International(…
August 6, 2025
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The Earth Commons’ Dr. Megan Lickley Awarded $4M Grant to Strengthen Global Monitoring of Potent Greenhouse Gases
July 31, 2025 Dr. Megan Lickley, Assistant Professor at the Earth Commons—Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability—and the School of Foreign…
August 5, 2025
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Seasonal Journeys, Deadly Breaths: Tracking Dolphin Disease Spread
June 30, 2025 Along the U.S. Atlantic coast, groups of bottlenose dolphins (T. erebennus) can be seen surfacing together, rising and exhaling in near-perfect unison. This,…
July 30, 2025
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Proposed highway in the Peruvian Amazon threatens vulnerable Indigenous communities and their lands
Griffiths, B. M., Dimitrie, D., Schierbeek, E.†, Chinchilla Perez, E.†, Nirenblatt, E†., Arcos Cano, N., & Gilmore, M. P. 2025. Proposed highway in the Peruvian Amazon…
April 10, 2025
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1 in 5 Butterflies Have Vanished in the U.S.—New Study Sounds the Alarm
March 6, 2025 A sweeping new study published in Science tallies butterfly data from more than 76,000 surveys across the continental United States. The results: between 2000…
March 6, 2025