Global Change Center at VT

Global Change Center at VT has been a member of Linktree for 2 years and joined in May 2024. The social media accounts linked to from Global Change Center at VT are: • Facebook • Instagram • X • Bluesky • Website Besides social media accounts, globalchangevt has populated their site with: • Interdisciplinary Research Takes Center Stage at 2026 IGC Graduate Research Symposium | GCC • Congratulations to GCC Affiliates Receiving Promotion and/or Tenure in 2026! | GCC • Researchers receive $4 million to improve endangered species management on military lands | Virginia Tech News • Sarah Juster Connects Agroforestry Research with Policy Solutions | FLSI • GCC Welcomes Three New Faculty Affiliates in Spring | GCC • Experts gather in Blacksburg to discuss infectious disease outbreaks and how to prevent them | WVTF • Virginia Tech hosts prestigious infectious disease research conference | Virginia Tech News • International Researchers Convene at Virginia Tech for Infectious Disease Conference | GCC • GCC Affiliates Share Big Ideas at Faculty Nutshell Talks | GCC • IGC Fellows Explore Storytelling as a Tool to Bring Global Change Research to Life | GCC • Registration | Continuing and Professional Education | Virginia Tech • An Asteroid Ended the Age of the Dinosaurs. But How Did Their Reign Begin? Mysterious Early Reptiles May Hold the Answer • Global water forecasting | Virginia Tech News • Spring 2026 Dates & Deadlines | Global Change Center at Virginia Tech • ‘Curious Conversations’ podcast: Landon Marston talks about data centers and water | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • EEID 2026 at Virginia Tech | Register to attend by May 1 • Global Change Scholars | Apply by April 15 • IGC Fellow Joins ESA Cohort in Capitol Hill Through National Policy Award | GCC • ‘Curious Conversations’ podcast: Francesco Ferretti talks about the unknowns of sharks | Virginia Tech News • Spring Summit Highlights Interdisciplinary Global Change Research | GCC • Faculty Nutshell Talks on March 5 | Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech • Researching microplastics as a public servant | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • Rural Environmental Health T32 Training Program | Apply by March 16 • About the Global Change Center • Ben Kligman Leads Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections | University of Texas at Austin • Size matters in vampire bats, new study finds | Virginia Tech News • Subscribe to the GCC Weekly Newsletter • Congratulations to 2026-27 Global Change Fellowship Awardees! | Global Change Center at Virginia Tech • The Interfaces of Global Change Welcomes Its Newest PhD Fellows! | Global Change Center • Gabrielle Ripa Reflects on Mentorship, Fieldwork, and Her Next Chapter in Conservation science | GCC • New database reveals how Americans use water | Virginia Tech News • Nine faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards | Virginia Tech News • The hidden dangers of nanoplastics | VT News • Wetlands are warming as fast as the atmosphere. That’s bad news for salmon. | KHNS FM • From classroom question to research partnership | VT News • Can paleontologists pinpoint the dawn of the dinosaurs? | PNAS • Restoring eastern hellbenders to southwest Virginia streams | NFWF • In some of the nation’s poorest counties, bottled water strains household budgets • Effective support means meeting university students where they are | THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect • Great White Sharks are Nearing Extinction in the Mediterranean Sea, Experts Say | People • From Linear to Circular: Engaging students to rethink sustainable practices | VT News • Students and professors at Virginia Tech are working to restore endangered hibiscus plant in Giles County | WVTF • Hot Take—Seems Like Birds Can Taste Spice After All | Audubon • New program centers mentorship, culture in research groups | Cornell Chronicle • Great white sharks face extinction in Mediterranean | BBC • The why: Austin Gray is on a quest to decode microplastics | VT News • Large solar farms in Virginia can produce ‘rapid’ stormwater runoff | WHRO • Most well water in Virginia likely has PFAS, researchers find | WVTF • Warming climate could harm mollusk populations in the western Atlantic | Phys.org • Saving a salamander may require human intervention | Virginia Tech News • Ecological forecasting research team crosses ecosystem boundaries | Virginia Tech News • Community Music Project | "Reduce, Reuse, Remix" at the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech • Senior design team works to restore Wythe County stream | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • Up to $40 million in federal funding fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • Mary Lofton earns Ecological Forecasting Outstanding Publication Award | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech • news.vt.edu • Virginia Tech Humanities Week | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | VT • Graduate fellows step up as climate adaptation leaders | VT News • It’s peak migration season — a dangerous time for birds. Here’s how you can help. | VT News • Oct. 23, 2025: 90 Seconds to Wow at the 2025 Nutshell Games! | Center for Communicating Science | Virginia Tech • Oct 20 | Join the Chasing Salt Community Science Study • Conservationist draws research inspiration from rare Hawaiian bird | WRIC ABC 8News • Oct 23 | Fossil Unwrapping Party & Fossil Prep Lab Grand Reopening • Five faculty members elected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine | VT News • OCT 13 | Seed Funding for ISC Affiliates • Cayelan Carey awarded faculty fellowship | VT News • Congratulations to New IGC GSO Officers for the 2025-2026 Academic Year | GCC • A rare Hawaiian bird’s history guides conservationist’s research today | VT News • College of Engineering Dean’s Fellows | VT News • Water quality forecasting system around the globe | VT News • Announcing the 2025-26 IGC Curriculum Committee | GCC • SEP 15 - USGS 104G Water Resources Research Grants Program RFP | VWRRC • Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz awarded faculty fellowship | VT News • High Mountain Asia’s shrinking glaciers linked to monsoon changes | U of Utah • A Decade of Impact: GCC Marks 10 Years at Annual Welcome Reception | GCC • Global Teaching Scholars fuel cross-border connections | VT News • Faculty Seed Grants Awarded for 2025-2026 | GCC • SEP 10 - Submit Interest to Apply to the IGC IGEP | GCC • Google Drive: Sign-in • As AI booms, data centers threaten energy grid and water supplies, expert says | VT News • Five scholars receive Fulbright Awards | VT News • Rescue effort for disappearing hellbenders in VA streams | VT News • Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz receives Walter L. Huber Research Prize | VT News • AI, citizen science combine to help save sharks | Virginia Tech News • Thank you and Welcome! GCC Advisory Board Transitions | GCC • IGC Fellows Lead GALS program to Inspire Future Scientists | GCC • Erich Hester named Fellow of ASCE | VT CEE • Congratulations Summer 2025 IGC Graduates! | GCC • Virginia Tech conducting NRV Lyme Disease study | WDBJ 7 • Aug 28: Science on Tap: Safe Drinking Water Access in Rural Regions: Progress and Pitfalls | Center for Communicating Science • Limited submission and other external funding opportunities | Virginia Tech • VT Graduate Research Development Program | Aug 15 • Enroll now for the 2025 +Policy Network Policy Camp on Aug 13 • 2025 Early Career Synergy Grant Awarded • Dr. Eric Smith | GCC Faculty Affiliate Emeritus • Eric Smith honored with emeritus status • Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates • VT Postdoctoral Associate Travel Award Program | July 28 • Trip to Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago • Rare Finds in Quiet Waters: Searching Shenandoah's Springs for Hidden Life (U.S. National Park Service) • Hession Receives Odum Award for Ecological Engineering Excellence • Zone B Map - Steppin' Out 2025 | Eventeny • Blacksburg Steppin' Out Artist, Music and More • files.constantcontact.com • This 'ash-winged dawn goddess' pterosaur | National Geographic • Do I Really Need an Air Purifier? | New York Times • Congratulations to 2025-26 Global Change Fellowship Awardees! • American Geophysical Union (AGU) Travel & Research Grants | Aug 13 • VT expert speaks to health risks associated with Texas floods | WSET • Evolutionary QuantitaWorkshop 2025 at Mountain Lake Biological Station • VT expert shares safety tips on flooding in the Roanoke Valley | 10 News • A surprising ally in the fight against the spotted lanternfly: Ants | VT News • Humid air gave pterosaurs the boost they needed to take flight | Earth • New Cohort of Rural Environmental Health T32 Trainees | GCC • Vehicle tire wear creating air pollution | Virginia Tech News • A New World for Microbes | Coastwatch • Central Virginia's air quality amid Canada wildfires | WSET • Researcher investigates the key to heat and disease resilient crops • Groundbreaking study maps the movements of marine megafauna • IGC Postcards from the Field • Virginia Tech study sheds light on solar farm impacts to property values • Scientist Explanation Behind Viral Video | Newsweek • Achievements in Ornithological Research | American Ornithological Society • Developing Climate Resilience in Coastal Communities | ClarkU News • Congrats to GCC Affiliates Receiving Promotion and/or Tenure in 2025! • Animal Attacks: King Cobras Fight in Style | National Geographic • Forest Botanicals Region Living Monument Sculpture Unveiling | Jun 6-7 • Shark Tale: Researchers Study Endangered Sharks | VT Magazine • Class of 2025: Macy Kailing | Fralin Life Sciences Institute • Engineering Adventurers | Dr. Linsey Marr • Triassic fossil reveals nature’s best jaw for hunting fast fish • Virginia Tech economist tapped to help U.S. rethink the value of natural resources • Researchers discover large dormant virus can be reactivated in model green alga • Ripples of Change Artist Submission • Dr. Erin Hotchkiss Receives 2025 University Award for Excellence in Teaching • Call for Artist Submissions for Ripples of Change | Closes May 23 • Dr. Quinn Thomas Named Inaugural Winner of Frontier Award • MEET THE FACULTY EMERITI • Gray Lab Earns Top Honors at SETAC Carolinas • Congratulations Spring 2025 IGC IGEP Graduates! • Images from the 2025 SEEDS Spring Festival • Flood risk increasing in Pacific Northwest | VT News • GCC Welcomes Three New Faculty Affiliates • How can New England coastal communities best develop climate resilience? | ClarkU • Virginia scientists work to save salamander decimated by Hurricane Helene | Washington Post • The life aquatic: this board game lets you dip into marine ecology | Nature • Hantavirus could have pandemic potential | WSLS • Invasive Species & Restoration Community Day | FLSI at VT • Deadly rodent-borne hantavirus is an emerging disease with pandemic potential | VT News • Ed Fox honored with emeritus status • Trump science cuts target bird feeder research and more • Highlights from the 10th Annual IGC Graduate Research Symposium • Earth's biggest extinction event didn't kill off everything • Professor receives pilot funding to conduct study to increase forest farming in Appalachia • REH Journal Club | April 24 • Invasive plant species seen across Virginia & in Hampton Roads • Invasive Species & Restoration Community Day | April 26 • Global Change Scholars | April 15 • Postdoc Position in Coastal Hazards Lab at Virginia Tech • Spring 2025 Dates & Deadlines • Virginia researchers worry how their work will go on if federal funding scales down • Science Amid Chaos: What Worked During the Pandemic? What Failed? • RSVP for the 2025 IGEP Reception on April 17 • New report highlights decline in bird populations, including in the Mountain West • Highlights from the 2025 Biocultural and Ecological Restoration Symposium • Third Antimicrobial Resistance Conference Brings Interdisciplinary Scholars Together at Purdue • VT News | Researcher publishes chapter on Lyme disease spread in Appalachia • Sally Entrekin | Faculty Nutshell Talks 2025 • Invasive Species and Restoration Community Day | ISC & BERI • Video | Lyme Disease in Appalachia with Dr. Korine Kolivras • Tackling Imposter Syndrome in Graduate School • Postcard from the Field: Tori Hymel Writes from Sierra Leone • IGC Alumnus, Dr. Derek Hennen Names Nannaria Swiftae • A Beetle By Any Other Name - 99% Invisible • Forecasting Water Quality at Falling Creek Reservoir • Shuhai Xiao honored as University Distinguished Professor • Alaina Weinheimer | One Year of Ocean on Tap • Dr. Jacob Barney appointed to prestigious national Invasive Species Advisory Committee • REH Journal Club | March 27 • GALS SWVA Trip Application | April 1 • GCC Early Career Synergy Grants | April 1 • Global Change Fellowships | April 1 • Project preserves Black scientists' voices and histories • BERI Symposium | RSVP by March 28 • NIH-Funded REHT32 Program | March 15 • Idowu Okeshola | Wastewater treatment plants & their role in antimicrobial resistance • Linsey Marr | How the Pandemic Changed Our Understanding of Airborne Diseases • FINAL CALL | REH T32 application deadline is THIS week • Health and environmental policy: Local to national scale • The role of cross- and interdisciplinary climate research centres - Nature Climate Change • Researcher measures microplastics' massive changes on the micro world • Amanda Hensley Receives ASPIRE! Award • GCC Diversity Fellowships | March 1 • GCC-ISCE Faculty Seed Grants | March 1 • Celebrate Women's Month with "Picture a Scientist" • Faculty Nutshell Talks | March 4, 2025 • BERI Symposium Call for Posters | Deadline Extended • Hosein Foroutan on EV Emissions | VT News • Nutshell Talk 2024 | Anu Rai • Nutshell Talk 2024 | Mary Adebote • Sara Teemer & Dana Hawley on Bird Pathogen | VT News • REH Journal Club • BBC World Service - Dr. Marr on Science In Action, Five years of Covid: Part two • Amber Wendler in Hokies Outdoors • Save the Date — Virginia Tech Giving Day 2025 • TEN YEAR REFLECTION | Exploring, Engaging, Empowering: The GCC’s Commitment to Outreach • Support the GCC | Virginia Tech Giving Day 2025 • March 4: 2025 Faculty Nutshell Talks • Canvas Course about the Intersection of Social & Environmental Issues • GCC Kicks Off 2025 with Spring Forward • Intruder alert: New exhibit unravels the impacts of invasive species • GCC Affiliates Selected for Teaching Excellence Awards! • 'Big Medicine: York Outdoors' Teaser • The Interfaces of Global Change Welcomes Its Newest PhD Fellows! • Virginia Academy of Science honors biologist Frank Aylward as Scientist of the Year • GCC Welcomes Four New Faculty Affiliates! • Graduate Adjunct Position: Virginia Tech Teaching Fellows Pilot Program • Graduate Research Development Program | January 6 • Funding: Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution | Jan 23 • This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered • 14th Annual MLK Seminar: Dr. Gentry Patrick • Tech and tactics unite to outsmart stealthy submarines • Keep wildfire smoke out of your home: Expert advice to avoid hazardous conditions • Young Mako Shark Travels 750 Miles, Offering Hope For Conservation Efforts • America’s largest salamander, the Eastern Hellbender, could soon be listed as endangered • Mary Adebote: Moving beyond expectations to carve my path in fisheries science • Virginia Tech study extends chart of life by nearly 1.5 billion years • Plumeworld Ocean and Snowball Earth • Invasive Species Collaborative (ISC) Graduate Grant Recipients • Faculty Position: Environmental Data Virginia Tech | Dec 23 • Flood disasters associated with preterm births and low birth weights • Robust EPA grant funds collaborative study to halt the spread of diseases through wastewater • How the dirt under our feet could affect human health • Researchers tag first Mediterranean shortfin mako shark • Science on Tap: Hokie Science Showcase • Physics-based modeling identifies cross-pollination vulnerabilities for hemp farms • Postcard from the Field: Mary Opeyemi Adebote • Work and life in dynamic equilibrium • A more sustainable and eco-friendly holiday season • Harvested apple crops tap into sustainability network • Expert explains effects of catastrophic weather events on forests and tree species • Undergrad Position: Research Assistant in New Hampshire | Dec 20 • Undergrad Position: Research Assistant in Roanoke | Dec 20 • Building Financial Literacy: IGC GSO Hosts Successful Workshop • Hellbenders proposed for endangered species list • COVES Fellowship | Dec 12 • Six Virginia Tech researchers among world's most highly cited • Researchers study soundscapes to monitor invasive plants • Undergraduate Research Grants Awarded • Tsunami researchers hunt for clues about the next big Pacific Northwest quake • Profile of Shuhai Xiao | PNAS Journal • IGC Fellows and Alumni Highlight Values in Research • NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels - NASA Science • Researchers receive grant to study invasive autumn olive • Education modules build student and instructor skills • 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Carrie Fearer talks about forest health and natural disasters • Scientists suggest amping up efforts to mitigate effects of climate change • Sewage surveillance proves powerful in combating antimicrobial resistance • Graduate School Mentoring Workshop focuses on best practices, real-life scenarios • When Earth was slushy • Stadium Woods: A Classroom in Nature • The US island ruled by alien snakes and spiders • Collaboration in Action: GCC Faculty Retreat • 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Tina Dura • Why This Unusual Pattern May Save the Rainforests | PBS • Pilot Program Early Career Synergy Grants Awarded • Science on Tap NRV: Hokie Science Showcase • Tiny tech, big impact: Miniaturized gas-analyzing tech boldly moves research forward • ANGLES Pilot Workshop • Submit your Green RFP | Due Nov 15 • Open Position with Invasive Species Collaborative | Review Date Nov 15 • Apply to the IGC IGEP | Due Nov 18 • Florida Everglades restoration is progressing, but scientists say it needs improvement • Grant unites humanities and health sciences for infectious disease coursework • Virginia Tech researcher works to preserve white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea • Researchers receive USDA funding to combat devilishly invasive tree-of-heaven • Virginia Tech salamander expert joins 'Wild Kratts' • Community-Driven Conservation • IGC Fellows Presenting at 2024 Nutshell Games • Research Reveals Microplastics in Dolphins • Chestnut Blight & Breeding Techniques for Forest Health • VT 2024-25 PREP Cohort Includes Two GCC Affiliates • Open Position | Postdoctoral Research Associate at Center for Ecosystem Forecasting • Flood recovery efforts hampered by rising health concerns • Research aims to reduce waste and reuse materials • Exhibit | Invasive Species: Understanding the Threat • Researcher receives grant to study and restore tropical rainforest ecology • Finding Nature's Hidden Threshold for Saltiness in the Space Where Forests Meet Streams • Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Tenth Biennial Review - 2024 | The National Academies Press • 'A warmer, sicker world': Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases are on an unstoppable march across the US • WATCH: Virginia Tech Graduate Students present research as science fair projects • A record seven Hokies join Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine • Virginia Forests Magazine • Experts highlight health risks tied to flooding • Woodpecker’s comeback is professor’s Golden Goose • 2024 Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom Image Contest • Nutshell Games Registration Open! • Mpox And Mask Bans—A Recipe For Disaster • Experts warn emerald ash borers pose risk to Oregon trees • Food, Water, & Communities: an Atlas of our StoryMaps • Unwrapping the Mysteries of the Past: 2024 Fossil Unwrapping Party • UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS • Announcing the GCC Early Career Synergy Grants Pilot Program • ISC Graduate Student Grant Program • Weather 'whiplash' in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change • Join The Team - Invasive Species Collaborative At Virginia Tech • York's Story Expedition (U.S. National Park Service) • Restoration Ecology Working Group provides guidance for Town of Blacksburg • Living monument reveals the treasures of Appalachian forests • New study views wildlife through the lens of diversity • Natural resources in an urbanizing world • Research finds that Guam treesnakes are biting off more than they can chew • Destination Area 2.0 grants awarded to five new transdisciplinary projects • New GCC Program Coordinator Announced! • Tracking how seeds travel in the Southern Appalachians • Bridging Science and Education: Summer Collaboration with SEEDS Field Camp • Faculty Seed Grants Awarded for 2024-2025 • A watershed moment for the survival of imperiled Appalachian salamanders • Thank you and Welcome! GCC Advisory Board Transitions • ‘Protecting Our Oceans,’ VT researchers keeping an eye on rising temperatures • The virus that causes COVID-19 is widespread in wildlife, Virginia Tech scientists find • Announcing the 2024-25 IGC Curriculum Committee • Immerse yourself in the 'Acoustic Invasion' exhibit at Taubman Museum of Art • Peter Vikesland named inaugural Pryor Professor of Engineering • Congratulations to New IGC GSO Officers for the 2024-2025 Academic Year • Balancing fairness and welfare in the face of uncertainty • How tiny fossils in Oregon’s coastal marshes could help us prepare for big earthquakes • Researcher tackles hidden climate impacts in the soil and air • Tracking invasive plant species in the Chesapeake Bay watershed • Students explore evolutionary marvels during a journey to the Galápagos Islands • Congratulations to GCC affiliates receiving promotion, tenure in 2024 • Winner of the ISME/IWA BioCluster Grand Prize 2024 • Climate scientist talks heat trends, impacts on Olympics • Coronavirus FAQ with Dr. Linsey Marr • VT researchers receive Fulbright Scholar Awards • IGC Fellows Lead GALS Program • Modern tech uncovers secrets of 250 million-year-old 'Elgin Marvel' fossil • Congratulations to 2024-25 Global Change Fellowship Awardees! • Invasive species impact native soundscapes • Virginia Tech faculty receive National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot awards • Ocean on Tap brings fun science to Boothbay community • Academy of Data Science Discovery Fund makes awards to six interdisciplinary research projects • MVP is completed. What could be ahead for future pipeline development in Virginia? • Plastic Pollution Working Group • Undergraduates Wade into Research • CZO Call for Proposals • Team at Virginia Tech uncovering details about microplastic pollution in Chesapeake Bay • New Cohort of Rural Environmental Health T32 Trainees Announced • New leadership to guide the Virginia Water Resources Research Center • Virginia Tech researcher's team discovers 'missing' sea sponges • "No Mow May" won't fix our biodiversity problems • Graduate Research Development Program • Experts for 2024 Paris Summer Olympics • North America bird populations are declining; expert explains why • Shuhai Xiao: Near collapse of Earth’s magnetic field 591 million years ago may have allowed complex life to thrive | CNN • Landon Marston: Research to uncover the impact of water use in the Colorado River Basin • Tina Dura: Subduction zone splay faults compound hazards of great earthquakes • 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Hosein Foroutan • Accepting Applications | oSTEM Scholarship