April 9, 2019

AROUND CAMPUS

ENTO :  Philip Tipping , USDA-ARS - The successful interagency integrated management of an invasive tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia, in the Florida Everglades Thursday, 4/11 at 3:00 pm 220 Price Hall

EEB :  Skylar Hopkins , VT Biological Sciences Postdoc - Three stories about managing parasites in the Anthropocene Thursday, 4/11 at 3:30 pm 4069 Derring Hall

FREC: M.S. Students: Rachel Hammer - Linking soil respiration and environmental variables // Wyatt McCurdy - Measuring post-harvest forest response with remote sensing Friday, 4/12 at 10:00 am, refreshments at 9:30a Fralin Auditorium

CEE EWR : Brandon Boor , Purdue University - Research interests include indoor air quality, HVAC filtration, bioaerosols, and urban air pollution Friday, 4/12 at 2:30 pm 261 Durham Hall

FACULTY & FELLOW SPOTLIGHT

Dr. R. Quinn Thomas - Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Dr. Thomas is an assistant professor of forest dynamics and ecosystem modeling in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech.  Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu Becky Fletcher - School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Becky joined  Jacob Barney ’s Invasive Plant Ecology Lab in January 2016 as a Ph.D. student. Her primary research focus is on the intraspecific diversity and adaptability of an invasive plant species. Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

NEWSWORTHY

GCC-led team launches system to predict water conditions VT NEWS | Each morning, Jamie Morris, water production manager at the Western Virginia Water Authority in Roanoke, receives an automated email from a team of Virginia Tech researchers. It resembles a weather forecast. But instead of predicting weather, it forecasts 16-day water quality conditions.  Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

Ancient 'Snowball Earth' thawed out in a flash SCIENCEMAG.ORG | A team of scientists, including Geosciences professor and GCC affiliate, Shuhai Xiao, has found that an ancient "Snowball Earth" episode likely ended in a flash about 635 million years ago—a geologically fast event that may have... Read more www.sciencemag.org

IGC Professional Development Series: Alternative Careers BY IGC FELLOW, LAUREN MAYNARD | On March 8th, the IGC's Professional Development Series on Alternative Careers hosted Dr. Susan Cook-Patton, a forest restoration scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

Ways of adapting to climate change are gaining steam NATGEO | From chronically flooded Midwestern towns to fire-charred California suburbs, from Bangladesh’s sodden delta to low island nations facing rising seas, a long-underplayed strategy for cutting risks related to human-driven climate... Read more www.nationalgeographic.com

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