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Researchers Investigate Microplastics in D.C.'s Waterways
New research documents pollution problem to help policymakers
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Students: Need Help with Classes, Majors, Registration? Meet the CAS Peer Advisors
Advisors can assist with registration, academic policies and procedures, and campus resources
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Environment ·
Energy-saving LED lights come to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
Renovations this summer brought energy-saving LED lights to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
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Hurricanes, Wildfires and Heat Waves: Is Extreme Weather Our New Normal?
Professor Stephen MacAvoy answers our question of the week
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Student Research on Impacts of Pollution and Climate Change
Environmental Science students are working this summer to better understand forces harming ecosystems
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Environment ·
Two Facts and a Fiction: Heat Wave
СÀ¶ÊÓƵ atmospheric scientist Valentina Aquila explains what on Earth is happening on the heels of the hottest June on record
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Research Protecting Some of World’s Most Threatened Wetlands
MS student Nina Mewborne analyzing data from her spring fieldwork in American Samoa
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Deep Sea Exploration May Hold Clues to Climate Warming, Origins of Life, and More
Professor of Environmental Science Stephen MacAvoy shares his expertise on research in the deep sea, one of the greatest unexplored scientific frontiers
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‘Shoebox’ Satellites Help Scientists Understand Trees and Global Warming
New research from СÀ¶ÊÓƵ examines the relationship between urban heat and the start and end of trees’ growing seasons
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To the Point: What Is the Effect of Wildfires on Air Quality, and How Concerned Should We Be?
Professor of Environmental Science Valentina Aquila answers our question of the week
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