Gordon Research Conference: Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry
Observing, predicting, and understanding the consequences and feedbacks of environmental thresholds are crucial for predicting future changes in catchment systems across interacting hydrological, biological and geochemical processes. This GRC …
Social benefits of restoring historical ecosystems and fisheries: alewives in Maine
Prof. Loren McClenachan, Caroline Keavney ’15, and Samantha Lovell ’16
PROJECTS FOR PEACE
Guillermo Sapaj ’15 won a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to embark on peace-building missions this summer in Chile.
Sapaj’s project, “Building Climate Resilience: Empowering Children in Community-Based Conservation,” aims to promote peace in Chile’s drought-ridden Aconcagua …
Bill McDowell grew up in New Hampshire and earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Williams College. While at Williams, Bill attended the Williams Mystic program where Dr. Jim Carlton first got him interested in understanding the impacts of invasive …
When it comes to assessing sustainability practices, STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) is the gold standard, and in the most recent STARS survey, Colby rated gold. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) uses …
Prof. Divya Gupta, a visiting Faculty Fellow in Environmental Studies, co-authored an article, Adaptive institutions in social-ecological systems governance: A synthesis framework, recently published in Environmental Science and Policy journal. The article synthesizes studies on adaptive institutions and developes a …
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Denise Bruesewitz coauthored an article, “Under-Ice Thermal Stratification Dynamics of a Large, Deep Lake Revealed by High-Frequency Data,” published in Limnology and Oceanography in 2014. The official journal of the Association for the Sciences of …
Malin L. Pinsky, a marine biologist at Rutgers University, and Douglas J. McCauley, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and other scientists analyzed the oceans’ health by examining data from hundreds of different sources including findings in …
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Philip Nyhus and three Colby graduates are named authors on an article, “An Assessment of South China Tiger Reintroduction Potential in Hupingshan and Houhe National Nature Reserves, China,” in the February 2015 issue of the …
Assistant Professor Travis Reynolds co-led a panel on “How to Frame Your Policy Problem“.
Bioversity is the international center for the study and conservation of agro-biodiversity under the United Nations. Their mandate includes studying, conserving and promoting indigenous …
