UA Professor Details How Chemical Dumping Affects Anniston
The Monsanto Co. held its cards close to the vest, refusing to publicly acknowledge the damage its PCB pollution was doing in Anniston, even though internal memos revealed the company knew about the...
View ArticleUA Students Selected for Environmental Contest
A team of University of Alabama students were selected for a national competition to design solutions to challenges facing the environment, the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced.
View ArticleUA Student to Attend U.N. Climate Change Talks in Peru
The American Chemical Society selected eight students nationwide, including a University of Alabama senior, as representatives to attend the upcoming United Nations climate-change conference in Lima,...
View ArticleUA’s ‘Discovering Alabama’ Celebrating 30 Years, Announces New Documentaries
The University of Alabama’s Emmy Award-winning series “Discovering Alabama” announces its new three-part documentary sequence on “Alabama’s Coastal Paradise” will begin airing on Alabama Public...
View ArticleUA Researchers Lead Gulf Coast Oil Spill Study
Two University of Alabama biologists are leading a new, three-year, $1.5 million study of the 2010 oil spill’s impact on the northern Gulf of Mexico in an effort to improve responses to future spills.
View ArticleNutrient Pollution Damages Streams in Ways Previously Unknown, UA Co-Authored...
In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers, including University of Alabama ecologists, reports that nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon...
View ArticleUA Partnering with MSU, AU on Water Resource Issues
Researchers from The University of Alabama, Mississippi State University and Auburn University are formally collaborating to advance water resource issues in their respective states and around the globe.
View ArticleFlooding’s Impact on Wetlands Measurable via Low-Cost Approach, UA-Led...
Scientists designed a new, on-site method for studying potential impacts rising sea levels can have on vital wetlands, said a University of Alabama researcher who led a study publishing today...
View ArticleUA’s ‘Discovering Alabama’ Features Local Watershed in New Documentary
The University of Alabama's Emmy Award-winning series "Discovering Alabama" announces its newest documentary "North River Watershed" will air on Alabama Public Television Oct. 18.
View ArticleUA Researcher Studies Cuba’s Coastal Forests in Anticipation of Tourism Increase
Dr. Michael Steinberg, a University of Alabama researcher, is conducting a study of the coastal mangrove forests in Cuba’s Zapata Peninsula and in two national parks. The study uses satellite maps of...
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