What it takes to create a successful oyster reef breakwater

Jeb Byers, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Ecology, recently coauthored a publicaiton on oyster reef breakwaters, a form of natural infrastructure.

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Signature Lecture Series draws prominent speakers to campus

The 38th Odum Lecture will be delivered by Kai Chan, Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, and is part of the University of Georgia’s spring 2024 Signature Lecture Series.

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Nutrient pollution reduces nutrient retention services of streams, new research shows

Few nutrients are as fundamental to or ubiquitous in modern life as nitrogen and phosphorus. As fertilizers, they form the bedrock of our global agricultural systems—but at a cost to our waterways. 

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UGA researchers work to save an iconic plant in the Lowcountry

Researcher Elizabeth KIng, associate professor in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, is on a mission to monitor, restore and conserve the native sweetgrass populations along the Georgia coast.

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‘People are also part of this ecosystem’: Rao studies impact of hydropower on human, ecological systems

When small hydroelectric projects began dotting the rivers of the Western Ghats, a strip of mountains that runs parallel to the west coast of Peninsular India, Odum and Integrative Conservation (ICON) graduate student Shishir Rao pivoted from a career in IT to study their impact.

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Thompson to lead new Land Conservation Clinic

Steffney R. Thompson will lead the School of Law’s new Land Conservation Clinic (a refocused version of the Environmental Practicum). The clinic will be an interdisciplinary collaboration between the law school and Odum School of Ecology working at the nexus of law, science and policy to support and expand conservation efforts across Georgia and the Southeast.

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Renowned ecologist Ivette Perfecto to deliver 2023 Odum Lecture

Renowned ecologist Ivette Perfecto will deliver the 37th Odum Lecture April 4, titled “Food Systems at a Crossroads: Producing Food and Conserving our Planet.”

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Undergraduate service-learning: Odum students changing the landscape

If you stepped into the Ecology courtyard this summer, you may have noticed some new additions: Philadelphia fleabane, golden Alexander, blue-eyed grass, and mealycup sage are just some of the

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Fall conservation seminar series lineup announced

The fall 2022 conservation seminar series, free and open to all, begins on Aug. 24 with a talk by Prof. Emeritus James Porter.

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Within the Walls: Ringtails at Zion National Park

Anna Willoughby is studying how the use of buildings is affecting diet, behavior and parasite infection in ringtails at Zion National Park.

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