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              #UDel College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. Join us as we discover our world and strive to create a vibrant future for all those who share it.
              
              Newark & Lewes, Delaware
            
            
              
              Joined April 2009
            
            
           Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez is one of two #UDel doctoral students to receive a Future Investigators in @NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award. 
          
            
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              Two UD doctoral students receive NASA FINESST awards to study the sea and the stars
            
                
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             Via @Forbes: #UDel's Saleem Ali writes that Ethiopia’s completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam represents a triumph of grassroots mobilization and state-led vision. 
          
            
            forbes.com
              Africa's largest hydropower project could positively transform the region if leaders remain committed to development and resist the temptations of militarization
            
                
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             Via @insideclimate: #UDel's Willett Kempton, professor of marine science and policy, discusses the early days of V2G development and its potential as a simple and effective source of power. 
          
            
            insideclimatenews.org
              Your EV battery is often an underutilized resource that could be part of a network that acts like a power plant for your region.
            
                
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             Writing in @Forbes, #UDel professor of energy and environment Saleem Ali discusses how the evolution of sexual behavior in animals and plants has remarkable implications for sustainability. 
          
            
            forbes.com
              We are fortunate to live in times when the tools exist to engage in such long-term planning that links our sexual preferences to the long-term viability of our species.
            
                
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             Naznin Nahar Sultana, a #UDel doctoral candidate in geography and spatial sciences, conducted field research in the landslide-prone hills of Chittagong City, Bangladesh this summer as a Graduate Community Engagement Summer Scholar. 
          
            
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              UD doctoral candidate amplifies the voice of a vulnerable community in Chittagong City
            
                
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             This past summer, a group of researchers from #UDel co-led an expedition to the Labrador Sea to quantify the amount of rare earth elements that come from the bottom of the ocean. 
          
            
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              UD part of large, multi-institutional expedition to the Labrador Sea to study sources and sinks of REEs
            
                
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             Via @6abc: A team led by Aaron Carlisle, associate professor of marine science and policy at #UDel, tagged sharks and sent them into the ocean to retrieve data that could predict hurricanes. 
          
            
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              NOAA's newest hurricane hunters have teeth.
            
                
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             “We think that the freshwater got there thousands of years ago, when sea level was much lower and the continental shelf was exposed on land,” #UDel's Holly Michael tells @CNN. 
          
            
            cnn.com
              An international team of scientists spent three months at sea drilling into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater under the salty ocean. They hope it could help tackle an increasingly severe...
            
                
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             Via @EarthDotCom: Research co-authored by #UDel's Kimberly Oremus finds that policies that either charge a small fee per bag or prohibit them outright cut the share of bags found during shoreline cleanups by 25 to 47 percent. 
          
            
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              A study shows that fees or bans reduce plastic bags on beaches and rivers by up to 47%, benefiting wildlife.
            
                
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             Fresh water can exist beneath the seabed because the geologic formations we tap for water supply on land don't just stop at the shoreline, #UDel's Holly Michael tells @newsweek. 
          
            
            newsweek.com
              "It could provide some relief in areas where drinking water contamination is a problem," an expert has told Newsweek.
            
                
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             We're less than a week away from Coast Day! Join us in Lewes, DE on Oct. 5th as we showcase important research and efforts to protect our coasts, forests, cities and agricultural lands across the region and around the world. 
          
            
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              University of Delaware's annual Coast Day set for Sunday, Oct. 5
            
                
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             Via @USATODAY: Researchers at #UDel, including associate professor Aaron Carlisle, are equipping sharks with tech that they hope will help forecasters better predict hurricanes. 
          
            
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              Researchers at the University of Delaware are equipping sharks with tech that they hope will help forecasters better predict hurricanes.
            
                
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             Gilman Scholarship recipient and Environmental Science and Chinese Studies major Eva Grise had the opportunity to intern in Australia for a hydroponics company, providing crucial professional experience with a global perspective. Full story here:  https://t.co/RzNa33xNQn 
          
          
                
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             In case you're wondering: Yes, YouDee and Baby Blue will make an appearance at #UDCoastDay 2025! Check out the full schedule for our annual flagship event, arriving on Oct. 5th, here:  https://t.co/b5Q28oAzvF 
          
          
                
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             The University of Delaware has named Peter P. McLaughlin, Jr. the new Director of the Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) and Delaware’s State Geologist. 
          
            
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              UD geoscientist Pete McLaughlin brings three decades of experience in geological research and public service to role as Director and State Geologist
            
                
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             Mark your calendars for Oct. 5th! #UDCoastDay will have plenty of tours available—hi-tech labs, research vessels, weather stations, robotics, plus our new oyster hatchery! Learn more at:  https://t.co/b5Q28oAzvF 
          
          
                
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             The @washingtonpost turned to #UDel's Jonathan Cohen, professor of marine science and policy, as the main expert for their story about the explosion of jellyfish off the Delaware coast. “It’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it," he says. 
          
            
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              At Lewes Beach, Delaware, there were 1,588 reports of jellyfish stings so far this year, compared with 295 in 2024.
            
                
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             “It’s not a faucet of water you can turn on or off,” #UDel's Carlos Moffat tells @NBCNews. “Are we really going to depend on other countries to collect the observations we need to know how sea level is changing in the United States?” 
          
            
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              Scientists say the planned decommissioning of a valuable research vessel is part of a series of actions by the Trump administration that take aim at climate science.
            
                
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