Enviroday 2015
The Department of Environmental Sciences will host the 30th annual Enviroday Symposium on February 27th, 2015. Abstracts are due by January 1st. For more information please visit the Enviroday website.
Professor Vivian Thomson posts Brookings Institution energy/climate blog
Professor Vivian Thomson and Professor Sérgio Pacca highlight social, political, and economic commonalities when it comes to climate policy in the US and Brazil. Read the post here.
Student Spotlight: Passion Leads Student to U.N. Conference on Climate Change
UVA Professor Jim Galloway and third year undergraduate Lia Cattaneo Explain Nitrogen Footprint
NFWF/UVA Undergraduate Internship Announcement
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has openings for up to six University of Virginia Arts and Sciences advanced undergraduate student interns for the summer of 2015. These internships are part of an ongoing partnership between NFWF and the University.
Prospective interns should view the announcement for more information.
Enviroday oral presentations posted online
Enviroday 2015 was a resounding success. All of the oral presentations, as well as the keynote address by Dr. Scott Dorney (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) are available on the Enviroday website (click each presentation for the recording).
Professor Jay Zieman
The Department of Environmental Sciences is sad to announce that Professor Joseph (Jay) Zieman passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2015. Jay Zieman joined the Environmental Sciences faculty in 1971 and pursued his passion for coastal environments through research and teaching over the next forty plus years. Jay’s research on aquatic plants, especially seagrasses, is well known. His studies were wide ranging covering topics from the impacts of thermal pollution to the analysis of population genetics. Jay supported and encouraged students and over forty completed graduate degrees under
Environmental Sciences undergraduate student receives Truman scholarship
In Memoriam: Jay Zieman, Champion of Environmental Sciences Coastal Research
Department researcher William Ruddiman argues against a specific start date to the anthropocene
What is the Anthropocene? A new geological era marked in the rock and sediment records of the earth? If so the start of the Anthropocene might be dated from 1945 when nuclear explosions left an indelible mark akin to past geological transitions. But is this the true beginning of the era of human domination implied by the word? William Ruddiman, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, argues “no” in Science magazine (link below). He and his colleagues note human transformation of the earth dates back thousands even tens of thousands of years.
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