The evening celebration of light and its companion series of daytime innovation conferences — the Labs@LightCity — will prominently feature UMBC faculty, staff, students, and alumni as artists and...
March 29, 2017
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“In nature, timing is everything,” says Colin Studds. As climate change affects different seasonal processes in different ways, he reflects, “It means everything is out of sync.”
March 24, 2017
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10:28 AM
"The punchline here in terms of our results is that the neighborhoods that have this history of disinvestment have up to three times as many...mosquitoes as do the upper-income neighborhoods that...
March 16, 2017
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2:33 PM
Anthropocene science is an emerging, interdisciplinary field, which requires a variety of voices be at the table, Ellis argues. Answering the question of when and how humans began transforming...
December 6, 2016
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4:55 PM
The greenway "provides a way to see elements of nature on campus and find a place for reflection and repose,” says Patricia LaNoue, noting that students on the trail "discuss ethics and religion,...
November 30, 2016
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1:22 PM
Will longer growing seasons help slow climate change, or will increased drought speed it up? New research demonstrates a remote-sensing technique has the potential to help us figure that out, and...
November 21, 2016
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5:27 PM
This cooperative program "allows our students to be at the forefront of what NOAA is doing,” says Ruben Delgado, and it bridges the gap between scientists and engineers.
October 12, 2016
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11:01 AM
Complex meteorological conditions and other factors contributed to the storm that ravaged Ellicott City July 31, but the town is determined to rebound. Jeffrey Halverson explains how "humble...
August 5, 2016
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12:00 PM
Swan hopes "to elevate people’s understanding of the importance of biodiversity” through a project that aims to answer big questions about how biodiversity responds to environmental disturbances...
July 5, 2016
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12:49 PM
"Studying unwanted animals like rats and mosquitoes might seem more a topic for the natural or health sciences than for the humanities," said Biehler. "But humanities disciplines can open up...
June 24, 2016
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12:05 PM