Authors: Allison Schwarz, Pre-veterinary Science major; Fanula Karanxha, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major; Sarah Spaulding, Natural Resource Conservation major A decade ago, on a trip to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge along the eastern coast North Carolina, you could… Continue Reading
By Thomas Isabel, Hannah Brady, and Shawn Monast Since the 1970’s, the waters off the coast of Southern New England have been warming at a startling rate due to a toxic combination of man-made factors including greenhouse gases and pollution.… Continue Reading
Authors: Falina Foroughirad, Geoscience Ruth Russell, Natural Resource Conservation Thomas Meyers, Building Construction Technology During the Cold War, uranium mining in the United States took off as an industry to keep up with the Soviet Union in the nuclear… Continue Reading
Cameron B. Ventre (Turfgrass Science & Management) John R. Nestro (Natural Resource Conservation) On a bright and sunny day in Arlington Virginia nearing the end of August, 30-year-old Navy Lieutenant George Prior heads to the Army Navy Country Club… Continue Reading
Britnay Beaudry: Environmental Science major Colin Radon: Horticulture major Pierce Strumpf: Natural Resource Conservation major The legalization of marijuana, which went into effect in Massachusetts on December 15th, 2016 was a triumphant victory for marijuana activists and state government. (Commonwealth… Continue Reading
Devin Barros: Natural Resource Conservation Marco Petrosillo: Turf Grass Science and Management Kyle Vanderhorst: Environmental Science Introduction The term hurricane is derived from Huracan, the name of a Mayan storm god. Over its lifetime, one of these massive storms can… Continue Reading
Kaley Fournier (Natural Resources Conservation), Edward Hines (Environmental Science), and Nicholas Stevenson (Animal Science). It starts with a headache. Perhaps you develop a fever and become physically ill. You chock it up to the flu and try… Continue Reading
Victoria Bouffard, Pre-Veterinary Science Matt Sullivan, Horticulture James Sullivan, Fisheries Southern New England fisherman are still catching lobsters, but not in the way they want to be. They are not being caught in traps or nets, but in the stomachs… Continue Reading
Authors: Kyle Horn: Building Construction Technology Augustin Loureiro: Geology Daniel MacDonald: BDIC, Agricultural Research and Extensions Eric Vermilya: Environmental Science Introduction For those of us looking to do our part to help achieve the goal of preventing climate… Continue Reading
Evan Chakrin: Horticulture Ryan White: Animal science Tim Miragliuolo: Building and Construction Tech. Nobody likes wasteful government spending on programs that don’t benefit consumers or the environment, but that is exactly what’s happened with decades of… Continue Reading