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Expert projects single factor will have caused millions of deaths by end of year: ‘Nobody is counting it’

By the end of 2024, climate change will have killed around 4 million people, according to one expert, who said the number he arrived at is an underestimate… In January 2024,…

April 29, 2024

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University Stories

SPOTLIGHT: GU Students ‘Get Outside’ in Earth Commons Challenge

The Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s hub for environmental sustainability, launched a month-long Get Outside Challenge encouraging students to spend more time outdoors in…

April 26, 2024

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A lesbian deity gets earthy in ‘Hurricane Diane’ at Georgetown

What happens when a lascivious lesbian has a mission to convert suburban housewives to … the climate-sustainable ways of permaculture? You won’t be able to resist either!…

April 15, 2024

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New book helps citizen scientists navigate complexities of infectious disease outbreaks

To give these new disease detectives more tools for their craft, a new book written by two Georgetown University global health researchers, “Outbreak Atlas,” helps translate…

April 10, 2024

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Surviving Scarcity: Water and the Future of the Middle East

With contributions from Dr. Marcus King, Natasha Hall's report explores how decades of entrenched inequitable and unsustainable policies have made achieving water security, and…

April 8, 2024

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Water Weaponization in Russia and Ukraine: A Conversation with Marcus King

Explore the critical and emerging issue of water weaponization in conflict zones is examined through the lens of the ongoing war in Ukraine in an interview with ECo faculty…

April 8, 2024

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Op-Ed: Restoring Ecological Belonging – A Call to Heal Our Planet

Dean Peter Marra explores three vital mindset shifts needed to rekindle our ecological belonging and address the urgent climate crisis, offering insights into overcoming the…

April 8, 2024

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Scholarship

Drivers of geophagy by red brocket deer (Mazama americana) at Amazonian interior forest mineral licks

ECo Faculty Brian Griffiths' study unveils the critical role of mineral supplementation for the red brocket deer, shedding light on Amazonian wildlife.…

April 8, 2024

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Secondary not subordinate: Opsin localization suggests possibility for color sensitivity in salticid secondary eyes

ECo postdoc Tom Iwaniki and co-authors delve into the intriguing vision characteristics of jumping spiders, challenging traditional research, which largely overlooked the smaller…

April 8, 2024

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Climate Change Adaptation: the Insurance Industry Must Respond on Multiple Fronts

Chloë Carton, a student in the MS in Environment & Sustainability program, blends her insurance background with a newfound passion for R, a programming language, in ESG.…

April 8, 2024