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Research: Evaluating the definition and distribution of spring ephemeral wildflowers in eastern North America
Learn more from PhD Student, Abby Yancy, on her new publication titled "Evaluating the definition and distribution of spring ephemeral wildflowers in eastern North America". Congratulations
on your first publication, Abby!
Research: Prolonged Influence of Urbanization on Landslide Susceptibility
Landslides pose a threat to life and infrastructure and are influenced by anthropogenic modifications associated with land development. Learn more from Dr. Tyler Rohan and Dr. Eitan Shelef about their research on "Prolonged Influence of Urbanization on Landslide Susceptibility".
Article: Flooded basements are more dangerous than they seem
Basement flooding can cause many issues outside of water damage. Learn more from Linnea Warren May, Daniel J. Bain, and Alyssa Lyon on how flooded basements are more dangerous than they seem.
Photo from Benjamin B. Braun at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Collaboratory Awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Award
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory was awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator to develop a digital tool that will use satellite data and machine learning to provide agencies and community organizations with historical and current information about water quality across the Pittsburgh region’s rivers.
GES Research Team Published in Scientific Reports
Making batteries takes lithium. Some of it could come from wastewater. Water from Marcellus shale gas wells could supply up to 40% of U.S. demand.
Photo by Aimee Obidzinski.
How ancestral rivers carved up — and flattened — Pittsburgh
Charles Jones, a professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Geology and Environmental Science, is featured in an NPR segment on the Geology of PIttsburgh.
Emily Elliott Named Ecological Society of America 2024 Fellow!
Congratulations to GES Professor, Emily Elliott, for being named a 2024 ESA Fellow for your outstanding contributions to ecological research, communication, education, management and policy.
Two Pitt Undergraduate Student Author Teams Published in JSP&G
Congratulations to our student teams from our undergraduate programs in Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and other Pitt majors are published alongside graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from highly ranked science departments, medical schools, and policy programs.
Congratulations to Yasmine Florent, Mackenzie Nemoto, Ana Rowley, Maria Isabel (Isa) Villegas, and Vanessa Pratt! https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg240106.html
Congratulations to Ashlynn Moretti, Madilyn Cianci, Mina Kimak, and Savannah Johns! https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg240111.html
Congratulations Beth Ann Eberle
GES Ph.D.student project finalist from the TC^2 True Co-equal x Transformative Collaborations
2024 Pitt Sustainability GES Awardees
Congratulations GES Awardees! You have demonstrated an extraordinary impact on campus sustainability by innovating sustainable practices that align with categories stated in the Pitt Sustainability Plan.
Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory Featured in PittWire
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Women for a Healthy Environment join forces to investigate local water systems.
3D hidden Archaeological inscriptions in Alexandria
Mohamed Abdelaziz Presents at ARCE 2024 Annual Meeting
GES Featured in PittWire Today
Pitt students, faculty and staff display eco-friendly creations at an art expo organized by students in a Department of Geology and Environmental Science Sustainability course. Hear from others who are helping to keep Pitt green at the University's annual sustainability symposium at 8:30 a.m. Friday, 4/19. (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski)