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Green Mountain Power Executive Janette Bombardier Appointed to the Vermont State Colleges System Board of ... - vtdigger.org

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:35

Green Mountain Power Executive Janette Bombardier Appointed to the Vermont State Colleges System Board of ...
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Montpelier – Vermont State Colleges System Board of Trustees Chairwoman Martha O'Connor announced today that Governor Scott has appointed Janette Bombardier to the system Board. Bombardier joins the system's 14-member board that is integrally involved ...


Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings? - PBS NewsHour

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:54

PBS NewsHour

Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings?
PBS NewsHour
Winter ice deposits that form on top of Arctic rivers and provide crucial water for ecosystems in the summer are melting far earlier with each successive year. These arctic river icings, which can be up to 33 feet thick, multiple kilometers wide and ...

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Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings? - PBS NewsHour

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:49

PBS NewsHour

Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings?
PBS NewsHour
Photo by William “Breck” Bowden. “Much of the Arctic, contrary to popular beliefs, does not have massive glaciers … much of the Arctic is a desert,” said Jay Zarnetske, Michigan State University environmental hydrologist and study co-author. “So these ...

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Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC - Basement Medicine

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 09:39

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Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC
Basement Medicine
Another type of research involving climatology is handled by Dr. Tania Bacchus, a professor of environmental science. Bacchus works with Vermont EPSCoR to look at developing resiliency in Vermont to climate change. Over the years, she has had a ...


Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC - Basement Medicine

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 09:39

Basement Medicine

Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC
Basement Medicine
Another type of research involving climatology is handled by Dr. Tania Bacchus, a professor of environmental science. Bacchus works with Vermont EPSCoR to look at developing resiliency in Vermont to climate change. Over the years, she has had a ...


Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC - Basement Medicine

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 09:39

Basement Medicine

Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC
Basement Medicine
Another type of research involving climatology is handled by Dr. Tania Bacchus, a professor of environmental science. Bacchus works with Vermont EPSCoR to look at developing resiliency in Vermont to climate change. Over the years, she has had a ...


Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC - Basement Medicine

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 09:39

Basement Medicine

Student research in the sciences flourishes at JSC
Basement Medicine
Bacchus works with Vermont EPSCoR to look at developing resiliency in Vermont to climate change. Over the years, she has had a combination of Johnson State College and Lyndon State College students work with her, and she is expecting a student from ...

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Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings? - PBS NewsHour

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 03:00
Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings?  PBS NewsHour

A crucial water source for northern ecosystems -- arctic river icings -- are slowly melting away with each successive year.


Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings? - PBS NewsHour

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 03:00
Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings?  PBS NewsHour

A crucial water source for northern ecosystems -- arctic river icings -- are slowly melting away with each successive year.


Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings? - PBS NewsHour

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 03:00
Can Arctic ecosystems survive without river icings?  PBS NewsHour

A crucial water source for northern ecosystems -- arctic river icings -- are slowly melting away with each successive year.






Rutlanders turn out for New England science marches - Rutland Herald

Sat, 04/22/2017 - 15:08

Rutland Herald

Rutlanders turn out for New England science marches
Rutland Herald
The latter, delivered by local science writer Alan Betts, noted how China's greenhouse gas emissions skyrocketed through the '00s during the country's coal-fueled industrial expansion, with urban pollution and health issues resulting. Since, he said ...

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No Taxation Without Representation - Brown Political Review

Thu, 04/20/2017 - 07:05

Brown Political Review

No Taxation Without Representation
Brown Political Review
DC is granted no representation within the Senate, even though its population exceeds that of Vermont and Wyoming. In the 1980s, the city created three more positions within Congress: two shadow senator positions and one shadow US House position.


Column: Voetbalvleugels - Veluws Nieuws (persbericht) (Blog)

Thu, 04/20/2017 - 03:34

Veluws Nieuws (persbericht) (Blog)

Column: Voetbalvleugels
Veluws Nieuws (persbericht) (Blog)
Het is een frisse zaterdagochtend in april. Ongeveer zo fris eigenlijk als het spel waar de enthousiaste voetballertjes de toegestroomde toeschouwers de laatste tijd mee verblijden. Ja, de eerste reeks wedstrijden van deze competitie zijn stuk voor ...

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Dr. Alan Betts Presents at the Nature Museum - April 12, 2017

Wed, 04/19/2017 - 09:42
VT EPSCoR member an scientist Alan Betts, PhD was an invited presenter at the Nature Museum in Chester, Vermont on April 12, 2017. His talk, titled "The Climate Challenge Deepens: Are We On Track?" was presented to more than 50 people gathered to learn about how climate change is impacting the natural world in Vermont.

Dr. Betts previously spoke at the Nature Museum in 2013. His most recent presentation received an enthusiastic response, with audience questions continuing right up to the scheduled end time of 9:00 PM.
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The Why of Where - UVM News

Wed, 04/19/2017 - 09:42

The Why of Where
UVM News
Professor Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, department chair who has been on hand for nearly 20 of UVM Geography's 50 years, notes that while her fellow faculty have global research interests, there's also a strong local component to their research, teaching ...


Join the March for Science in Vermont on Saturday April 22nd - vtdigger.org

Sun, 04/16/2017 - 16:42

Join the March for Science in Vermont on Saturday April 22nd
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In Rutland https://www.facebook.com/events/203788693454457 (in the Rutland Free Library Fox Room), activities include speakers: Dr. Alan Betts, Climatologist, Weekly Planet columnist for Rutland Herald, and Rod Munro, Lab Director, City of Rutland ...


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