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Beauty And Horror

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2012Culture, Environmentbeth chajes, deepwater horizon, devastation, duane perry, environmental author, environmental destruction, environmental issues, gulf oil spill, human brutality, japanese earthquake, mckay jenkins, mitchell hall, natural gas, oil, oil spill, rachel carson, rwandan genocide, silent spring, terry tempest williams, tsunami, university of utah, us gulf coast

Environmental author Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the midst of devastation

From the devastation of disasters such as last year’s Japanese earthquake and tsunami or accidents such as the Gulf oil spill or human brutality such as the Rwandan genocide, beauty can emerge, environmental author and activist Terry Tempest Williams told an audience of about 250 at Mitchell Hall last week.

Williams spoke on campus as part of the DENIN Dialogue Lecture Series, hosted by the Delaware Environmental Institute. She was interviewed on stage by McKay Jenkins, Cornelius Tilghman Professor of English and co-director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Environmental Humanities Initiative. (more…)

Gulf Oil Spill Study Sheds Light On Urban Air Pollution

By Guest PostMarch 12, 20111 commentEnvironmentbp deepwater horizon, gouw, gulf oil spill, microscopic particles, noaa, organic aerosols, university of california, university of colorado boulder, university of miami, urban air pollution, urban environments, volatile components

When a team of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences raced to the scene of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill to assess the disaster’s impact on air quality last year, they found more than they expected. (more…)

CU-Boulder Team to Assess Air Quality and Respiratory Health Risks Stemming From Gulf Oil Spill

By Guest PostAugust 20, 2010Environment2005, air quality, alina handorean, chemical dispersants, cu-boulder, environmental engineering lab, environmental fate, fernando rosario-ortiz, floodwater, gulf coast, gulf of mexico, gulf oil spill, hurricanes katrina, hydrocarbons, karl linden, kevin mccabe, mark Hernandez, new orleans, novel toxicology assessment tools, oil spill, rita, university of colorado at boulder

Postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from Professor Mark Hernandez’s environmental engineering lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder will travel to the Gulf Coast this week to begin studying the effect of this summer’s oil spill on air quality along impacted shores.

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Sharks Sniff out Their Prey, One Nostril at a Time

By Guest PostJuly 19, 20103 commentsNatureboston university marine program, current biology, department of integrative biology, dogfish shark, gulf oil spill, jayne gardiner, jelle atema, mustelus canis, new england, nostril, plume, sharks, tom kleindinst, university of south florida, usf, whiff, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institution

It turns out the old saying is right — the nose really does know. And when it comes to sharks, the nostrils are particularly discriminating.

Combined with the ability to detect underwater vibrations, sharks are able to zero in on the location of their prey by smelling in stereo, according to a new study by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

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Beauty And Horror

Gulf Oil Spill Study Sheds Light On Urban Air Pollution

CU-Boulder Team to Assess Air Quality and Respiratory Health Risks Stemming From Gulf Oil Spill

Sharks Sniff out Their Prey, One Nostril at a Time