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Northern Neck Master Gardeners protect local shorelines , articleNorthern Neck Master Gardeners have worked closely with partners at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and county governments to build the Shoreline Evaluation Program, an educational outreach effort that has provided hundreds of property owners with recommendations for improving upland stormwater management, pollutant and sediment runoff, and shoreline erosion.
Date: Jun 29, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researcher uses billions of data points to examine how increased flooding due to climate change impacts waterways across U.S , articleDurelle Scott, an associate professor of biological systems engineering affiliate of the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, is the lead author of a paper that examines flooding in the continental United States in nearly unprecedented detail.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Extension agents work with livestock managers to protect water systems in the Shenandoah Valley – and in turn the Chesapeake Bay , articleThe agents help managers adopt stream-exclusion practices in addition to cost-share programs administered by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the National Resources Conservation Service.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center provides home gardening practices to help preserve the Chesapeake Bay , articleVirginia residents can improve water quality and protect the Chesapeake Bay, one new behavior at a time.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researcher building computer models to adapt to a changing water world , articleUsing big data to create models to manage water in a changing global climate, Venkat Sridhar studies water resources all around the world, from India to Vietnam to right here in Virginia.
Date: Jun 23, 2020 -
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Eastern Shore farmers, Virginia Tech researchers, and Virginia Cooperative Extension agents partner to protect Chesapeake Bay , articleIn this installment of a stream of stories on how the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is protecting water around the world, we go to the Eastern Shore to see how agents with Virginia Cooperative Extension assist farmers to practice good conservation efforts.
Date: Jun 22, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researcher working to provide clean water to Appalachia , articleThis week, the Virginia Tech Daily will publish a stream of stories on how the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is protecting our most valuable resource — water — around the world. In today's installment, read about the work of Leigh-Anne Krometis, whose research focuses on providing clean water to Appalachia.
Date: Jun 19, 2020 -
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Planning from the peak: A message from President Tim Sands , articleIn the U.S., we are evidently near the peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may have seen the worst that this disease can bring, but we are not yet confident that every day from here on will be better than the last.
Date: Apr 26, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech’s fog harp harvests water even in the lightest fog , articleThe superior efficiency of Virginia Tech's fog harp could dramatically increase the number of regions worldwide where fog harvesting is viable.
Date: Apr 16, 2020 -
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Researchers seek to impact New Zealand water quality by understanding forest-water interactions , articleThe ambitious collaborative project will utilize remote sensing technology, isotopic tracing, and manipulative field studies to develop a comprehensive model of water and nutrient flow through forested watersheds and streams.
Date: Feb 07, 2020 -
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Scientists using collaborative NSF grant to understand hydrologic controls on carbon processes in wetlands , articleScientists will research the links between hydrological and carbon dynamics taking place in forested wetlands to better understand the role that these ecosystems play in the export, storage, and emission of carbon.
Date: Nov 22, 2019 -
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Researchers collaborate to address water and health issues in rural China and Appalachia , articleEarlier this month, the first-ever Water & Health in Rural China & Appalachia Conference kicked off at Virginia Tech on the Blacksburg campus. This event also marked the formal inclusion of Virginia Tech in a collaborative research program with researchers from UC Berkeley and China.
Date: Oct 30, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech entomology expert is available to discuss the dragonfly migrations that some say are appearing on weather radars , article“These dragonflies emerge from the water from July through October with peak numbers in September, and begin migrating south. Based on the public observations, there appears to be a lot more dragonflies this year than in previous years.”
Date: Oct 22, 2019 -
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Cooperative Extension associate ignites high school students’ interest in science, protecting water supplies , articleSince 2015, nearly 300 high school students have participated in the Virginia Household Water Quality Program. The program has increased their awareness of water quality issues and stimulated interest in science, technology, engineering, and math educational programs.
Date: Jan 22, 2019 -
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Marc Edwards' seminar to explore the pursuit of scientific truth amid a culture of tribalism , articleThe Flint and D.C. water crises will be presented as case studies in government and scientific misconduct in the June 22 seminar.
Date: Jun 18, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech awarded $1.9 million EPA grant to research lead exposure in drinking water , articleBy working directly with consumers and citizen scientists, the project is designed to increase public awareness of lead in water and plumbing on a national scale.
Date: Apr 25, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech ‘fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water , articleA passive, durable, and effective method of water collection, fog harvesting consists of catching the microscopic droplets of water suspended in the wind that make up fog. An interdisciplinary research team at Virginia Tech has improved the traditional design of fog nets to increase their collection capacity by threefold.
Date: Mar 28, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech leads efforts to develop national water pipeline database , articleSunil Sinha, professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will work to develop a national database, named PIPEiD, otherwise known as Pipeline Infrastructure Database, that will efficiently and securely store the collected data.
Date: Feb 26, 2018 -
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Marc Edwards receives Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award , articleEdwards was recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his efforts "to apply his engineering expertise to revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies."
Date: Feb 19, 2018 -
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To untangle the effects of nanoparticles on microbes, look at the genes , articleWastewater treatment plants host complex communities of microbes — and, increasingly, nanoparticles. New research investigates how they interact.
Date: Feb 13, 2018
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