Category: Natural Resources
Soil and Water Summer Experience – Chance McLeod
August 21, 2019
The Soil and Water Sciences Department is offering students the chance to blog about their summer experience. The students enrolled in one of three courses over the summer, for which they received credit: SWS 4905-Individual Work, SWS 4911-Supervised ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, WaterTags: Chance McLeod, Environmental Biogeochemistry, Environmental Management In Agriculture And Natural Resources, Seagrass, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Summer Experience
Women in STEM Careers: Dr. Emily Hall
August 20, 2019
Throughout history, women have been instrumental in advancing science, in key discoveries and insightful developments. Some of my favorite contemporary scientists are women, including Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Dr. Eugenie “Genie” ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesTags: Coast, Corals, Florida Sea Grant, International Women's Day, Marine, Ocean Acidification, Pgm_Marine, Science, Scientist, STEM, Women, Women In STEM Careers
Science to civics: Fellowship explores changes in the Greenland ice sheet
August 20, 2019
By Hannah O. Brown While researching the stream characteristics of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Jon and Ellen Martin have amassed a variety of stories that seem otherworldly and hard to imagine: Helicopter rides across frozen landscapes, hikes ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Department Of Geological Sciences, Ellen Martin, Greenland, Ice Sheet, Jon Martin, School Of Natural Resources And Environment
Is It a Crab or Spider?
August 20, 2019
Crabs have 10 legs. Spiders have eight legs. Insects have six legs. All basic biological facts we learned back in elementary school, right? However, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say that 10-legged horseshoe crabs aren’t ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, WildlifeTags: Crabs, Florida Sea Grant, Horseshoe Crab, Marine Science
Soil and Water Summer Experience – Lukas Pidgeon
August 20, 2019
The Soil and Water Sciences Department is offering students the chance to blog about their summer experience. The students enrolled in one of three courses over the summer, for which they received credit: SWS 4905-Individual Work, SWS 4911-Supervised ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Teaching, WaterTags: Florida Springs, Florida Springs Institute, Internship, Lukas Pidgeon, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Summer Experience
For the love of bugs!
August 19, 2019
“It’s a buggy world” is a sentiment that definitely rings true here in the sunshine state. With a conservative estimate of over 12,000 species of insects in Florida, there seems to be six-legged critters everywhere you look. Have you ever ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Environment, Florida Friendly, Insect, Insects, Land Insects, Landscape, Landscape Insects, Nature, Pgm_Chemicals, Pollinator, Pollinators, Wildlife
Soil and Water Summer Experience – Donna Kaminski
August 19, 2019
The Soil and Water Sciences Department is offering students the chance to blog about their summer experience. The students enrolled in one of three courses over the summer, for which they received credit: SWS 4905-Individual Work, SWS 4911-Supervised ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, WaterTags: Coastal Ecosystems, Donna Kaminski, Environmental Management In Agriculture And Natural Resources, Sea Grant, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Summer Experience
Soil and Water Summer Experience – Lily Willingham
August 18, 2019
The Soil and Water Sciences Department is offering students the chance to blog about their summer experience. The students enrolled in one of three courses over the summer, for which they received credit: SWS 4905-Individual Work, SWS 4911-Supervised ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Environmental Management In Agriculture And Natural Resources, Lily Willingham, Orange County Environmental Protection Division, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Summer Experience
Do you know a farmer … a scientist … a military member? Maybe not. But it matters, especially for inspiring youth to pursue STEM careers.
August 16, 2019
My work aims to improve public engagement with science. To me, that means I am trying to bring scientists together with stakeholders so that together, they can combine their expertises and concerns to address problems on which science can have ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Work & LifeTags: Ag-STEM, Career, Diversity, STEM