Category Archives: Earth & Environment

Earth & Environment

 Earth & Environment June 20, 2025

UGA climatologist answers our burning questions on weather and climate

Claudia Venherm (center), Mike Robinson (left) and Kyle Krezdorn prepare to fly a LiDAR drone on Tybee Island in April 2025. (Photo by Jackson K. Schroeder)

 Earth & Environment June 12, 2025

Alexander Lab helps Tybee monitor erosion, inform beach nourishment plans

Mattia Pistone at Ecuador’s Chimborazo volcano

 Earth & Environment April 17, 2025

The Rock Doctor: Measuring the pulse of volcanos past and present — for the future

A new study in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management indicates that prescribed burns could play a key role in mitigating risks of wildfire like those still active in Los Angeles, California. This photo of the Palisades Fire was taken from the Playa Vista neighborhood in western Los Angeles Jan. 7.

 Earth & Environment January 29, 2025

Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns can help mitigate wildfire risks

An image of a sulfur-modified rick husk used in this study as seen under a scanning electron microscope.

 Earth & Environment November 01, 2024

SREL scientists use peanut shells, rice husks to clean up toxic mercury

Fusiform rust disease causes deformities, as seen here, that cause the loblolly pine's wood to be unusable, and severely damaged trees are often culled.

 Earth & Environment October 02, 2024

New hazard maps may predict rust disease in loblolly pine trees

Radar returns from the X-band weather radar shows storms over Northeast Georgia.

 Earth & Environment September 25, 2024

New North Georgia weather radar fills coverage gap

A collage of images from these efforts as the team collects data from waterbodies.

 Earth & Environment September 18, 2024

CyanoTRACKER partnering on algal blooms across the U.S.

Map showing parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, major cities, and Interstate 85 running from Atlanta through Greenville to Charlotte.

 Earth & Environment June 06, 2024

Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor

Patchwork farmland covers rolling hills under a partly cloudy sky, with fields in various shades of green and brown and scattered trees along the landscape.

 Earth & Environment February 08, 2024

Exploring effects of climate change in the mountain lakes of Ecuador