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Georgetown Receives $21M From NIST to Train U.S. STEM Workforce
A group of Georgetown faculty secured up to $21 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide laboratory experience and financial…
May 12, 2023
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Can controversial zoning changes tackle affordable housing issues?
Arlington, Virginia, will now allow the construction of Missing Middle Housing where only single-family homes could once be.…
May 12, 2023
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Songbirds, dusk and clear skies: Scientists explore migratory flights
A pair of studies suggests the birds rely on the onset of dusk and the suggestion of fair skies ahead as signs for taking.…
May 6, 2023
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These vibrant sea creatures are thriving in the great pacific garbage patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t an impassable, solid mass in the middle of the ocean, but rather a lively, swirling soup of discarded trash and microplastics that churn…
May 5, 2023
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A surprising number of drifting sea creatures found living in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
With neustons so plentiful in the Sargasso, the scientists wondered if there might also be a neuston presence in an ocean region shaped by similar surface current activity: the…
May 5, 2023
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The Harmful Side Effect of Cleaning Up the Ocean
Patches of floating plastic are teeming with life, and cleanup companies hauling trash out of the water risk destroying a marine.…
May 5, 2023
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Giant Garbage Patch in the North Pacific is home to an abundance of life
While the plastic waste in this region is well-documented, little is known about the floating ocean creatures inhabiting the area, such as jellyfish (cnidarians), snails,…
May 4, 2023
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Georgetown Wins Green Ribbon School Award for Innovations in Sustainability
The U.S. Department of Education has named Georgetown a 2023 Green Ribbon School Postsecondary Sustainability Awardee, an award that recognizes Georgetown’s innovative efforts…
May 4, 2023
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World-Renowned Author Explores Questions of Colonialism and Climate Crisis in Keynote Lecture
Amitav Ghosh, the world-renowned and award-winning writer, spoke in Gaston Hall as part of the ongoing Voices on the Environment. …
May 3, 2023
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Most Ocean Plastic Flows From Rivers. Can Giant Trash Barriers Stop It? | World Wide Waste
The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch…
May 1, 2023