Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Brideau on successfully defending her dissertation!! 🎉Lauren gave an excellent talk discussing her research conducted at the Long-term Ecological Research station on the eastern shore of Virginia.
Congratulations Sayali and Dr. Kathleen Schiro on publishing in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences! 🎊 They researched mesoscale convective systems, clusters of thunderstorms that can grow to hundreds of kilometers across and produce much of the world's heavy rainfall. DOI: doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
Congratulations to Dr. Ethan Kadiyala on passing his dissertation defense! 🎉 Ethan's research focuses on costal ecosystems, particularly population dynamics across space and time.
From Virginia’s Eastern Shore to the Southern Appalachians, UVA’s field research stations are living laboratories where students and researchers study ecosystems, explore environmental challenges, and engage with local communities. More from our 2026 Annual Research Report: https://ow.ly/qllR50ZPPze
Congratulations Dr. Antonios Mamalakis for receiving an AMS Editor’s Award! 🎉
PhD student Sophia Wood has been working with the Perseverance rover science team investigating the geologic history of Jezero crater, the landing site of Perseverance. Photos include: Sophia working at the Perseverance Ace hub in Mission Control and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
Marine ecosystems in peril: Time to prepare for super El Niño 🌊 new @pnas.org editorial Key messages: Prepare: build resilience Respond: protect vulnerable ecosystems Learn: treat El Niño as a natural experiment Transform: invest in future observing systems www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Marine ecosystems in peril: Time to prepare for super El Niño | PNAS
Marine ecosystems in peril: Time to prepare for super El Niño
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This summer, PhD student Chris Oxley worked with Isabelle Benson, an REU student coming from Bates College. They studied why the Sulfur Boring Sponge, a major parasite of oysters, lives as a parasite in some locations but grows into a massive free-living form in other locations.
Congratulations to Dr. Tyler Barnes on defending his dissertation! 🎉 Tyler has accepted a position at Appalachian State university within the department of Geological and Environmental Sciences! 🎊
Cool research & student training project on utility of drones to agricultural questions & solutions at Morven Sustainability Lab through UVA, NASA & U. Buffalo @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social news.virginia.edu/content/dron...
Drones take farming to new heights
UVA students and scientists joined NASA researchers at Morven Sustainability Lab to test technology that could help farmers protect the food we eat while using fewer resources.
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Here are some highlights from PhD student Mirella Shaban's field season! Mirella studies micrometeorology within urban Artic landscapes particularly in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. These photos show installing (1) and programming (4) particulate matter sensors, research team (3 & 5), and Artic tundra (2).
Our researchers have been partnering with ESCC to support students in their science program through 10-week research internships at the Coastal Research Center and VCR-LTER. Graduate student Luke Groff is pictured inspiring a new generation of research scientists.
Lauren Brideau is collaborating with Sarah Karpanty from Virginia Tech on a shorebird project at the VCR using long-term data. Their goal is to monitor declining red knot populations during their spring migration on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Full article - www.wvtf.org/news/2026-06...
Tracking Red Knots on their spring migration through Virginia's Eastern Shore
Scientists on the Eastern Shore are keeping tabs on how changes in the environment may affect some migratory shore birds, including a federally threatened species called red knots.
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Research from uVA Department of Environmental Sciences @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social
@uvaresearch.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew research from UVA found that road dust in seven eastern U.S. cities contains traces of metals linked to decades of industrial activity, transportation and pesticide use. The study sheds light on how a city’s history can shape environmental exposures today. https://ow.ly/FbOJ50ZxXgq
New 🌊 paper connecting ocean aerosol deposition, iron & nitrogen fixation @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @microbialplanet.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social @geotraces.bsky.social @usocb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Atmospheric soluble iron sustains nitrogen fixation in oligotrophic oceans - Communications Earth & Environment
Iron input into the ocean from atmospheric aerosols can sustain productivity and influence carbon cycling in low-nutrient waters, as estimated through modelled atmospheric deposition and nutrient stoi...
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🌊 From White to Green to Blue? Trajectories of Phytoplankton Communities in a Warming Southern Ocean - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @uslter.bsky.social @usocb.bsky.social @marine.rutgers.edu @bas.ac.uk c.uk @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @colorado.edu @uconn.bsky.social
From White to Green to Blue? Trajectories of Phytoplankton Communities in a Warming Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean is experiencing warming, melting of ice, and increasing wind. Predictions of increasing phytoplankton biomass associated with warming and declining glacial and sea ice are supported...
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Today, @scottdoney.bsky.social addresses the heat dome the region is currently experiencing. “Human-driven climate change is contributing to more frequent and more intense heat waves.” Learn more - news.virginia.edu/content/heat...
The heat is on: Weather phenomenon sends temperatures to triple digits
Just in time for the holiday weekend, a “heat dome” has settled over Grounds, Virginia and most of the Southeast.
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Nice article on new paper from Prof. Max Castorani @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social & colleagues on the ecology of how foundation species (e.g., trees, corals and oysters) influence ecosystems even after death @uslter.bsky.social news.virginia.edu/content/natu...
Nature’s architects keep shaping ecosystems after death, study finds
A UVA study finds the remains of trees, corals and oysters have a greater impact than once thought.
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Large-Scale Carbon Removal Will Create Public Health, Economic, and Climate Trade-Offs | Environmental Science & Technology new paper led by #UVA Engineering graduate student Parisa Javadi @uvaenvironment.bsky.social @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaresearch.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Large-Scale Carbon Removal Will Create Public Health, Economic, and Climate Trade-Offs
Economy-wide efforts to achieve net-zero emissions offer climate and air quality-related public health benefits from reducing fossil fuel combustion. However, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) may be neces...
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New paper by UVA Prof. Antonios Mamalakis on using AI & deep learning to explore predictability of seasonal winter precipitation over the continental US @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social @uvadatascience.bsky.social @uvaresearch.bsky.social journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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An experiment in regenerative agriculture and land management by UVA’s Morven Sustainability Lab @uvaenvironment.bsky.social @uvaenvisci.bsky.social news.virginia.edu/content/have...
Have you herd? Morven Sustainability Lab welcomes cows
For the next 12 years, the herd will graze and help bring more life to the soil at UVA’s 2,900-acre sustainability lab.
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Congratulations to all of the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and in particular Prof. Emeritus Jim Galloway from #UVA @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social www.amacad.org/new-members-...
Eye in the Sky: Tiny But Mighty Plankton My interview on phytoplankton, satellite ocean color & carbon cycle 🌊 With Good Reason, Virginia Humanities podcast @uvaenvironment.bsky.social @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @microbialplanet.bsky.social withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/eye-...
Eye in the Sky - With Good Reason
The science made possible by satellites.
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Congratulations to Mirella on her department seminar!! Her work highlights the importance of urban microclimate and air quality in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
New PAL LTER paper @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social Modeling Upper Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics in Response to Interannual Sea‐Ice Variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula doi.org/10.1029/2025... @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @instaar.bsky.social @whoi.edu i.edu @marine.rutgers.edu @uslter.bsky.social ky.social
Modeling Upper Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics in Response to Interannual Sea‐Ice Variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Sea-ice retreat influences the timing and magnitude of phytoplankton production on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Years with late sea-ice retreat had higher seasonal production and a greater rel...
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Peter M. Groffman, Professor, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences “Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems” Thursday, March 26, 3:30 PM-4:30PM, Clark 108
Nice article from @ucirvine.bsky.social on the career path of UVA Prof. Antonios Mamalakis from civil & environmental engineering into now AI & climate @uvadatascience.bsky.social @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @uvaenvironment.bsky.social sites.uci.edu/ceenewslette...
(De)coding the Climate with University of Virginia Assistant Professor and UCI Alumnus Antonios Mamalakis – Stories for the CEE Newsletter
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EI affiliates Xi Yang and Lauren Bridges joined the AI Exchange @ UVA podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is both a tool and a challenge when it comes to climate change. environment.virginia.edu/news/listen-...
LISTEN: AI Exchange @ UVA Tackles Environment and AI
EI affiliates Xi Yang and Lauren Bridges discuss how artificial intelligence is both a tool and a challenge when it comes to climate change.
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UVA’s Antonios Mamalakis breaks down how climate models—powered by petaflop supercomputers—help us understand future risks. These physics‑based simulations guide real decisions on heat, flooding, and resilience: https://ow.ly/JIlB50YmtuJ
Scientists from UVA and NASA invite the public to help monitor plant health around the world - Story by Sandy Hausman featuring Manuel Lerdau Link - www.wvtf.org/news/2026-02... Photo Credit: NASA
Scientists from UVA and NASA invite the public to help monitor plant health around the world
Scientists at the University of Virginia and NASA have come up with a small, hand-held device that could be a big help to farmers and gardeners around the world.
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