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Bugged out by climate change

4.18.18 |

Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze-thaw events have led to changes in the relative numbers of different types of bugs in the Arctic, says Amanda Koltz, a postdoctoral fellow in Arts & Sciences. The study relies on the longest-standing, most comprehensive data set on arctic arthropods in the world today: a catalogue of almost 600,000 flies, wasps, spiders and other creepy-crawlies collected at the Zackenberg field station on the northeast coast of Greenland from 1996-2014.

4.17.18

Faculty, students participate in climate summit April 22-24

4.17.18 |

Washington University faculty and students will moderate panels at the Saint Louis Climate Summit, hosted by Saint Louis University. Students, faculty and staff can attend an evening with Bill Nye of “Science Guy” fame and environmentalist Carl Pope on April 23 for free by showing their IDs at the ticket booth.

4.12.18

Welcome to WashU: William B. Tolman

4.6.18

Sustaining life on earth

In the midst of what scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction event, Washington University is joining forces with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Saint Louis Zoo to collaborate on life-saving research and conservation efforts.

4.6.18 |

4.4.18

Trap, contain and convert

New research gives precise look at underground CO2 abatement process

4.4.18 |

Injecting carbon dioxide deep underground into basalt flows holds promise as an abatement strategy. Now, new research by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on exactly what happens underground during the process, illustrating precisely how effective the volcanic rock could be in trapping and converting CO2 emissions.

3.28.18

Science Research Roundup: February and March 2018

3.15.18

Making drugs from bugs

3.15.18

Global warming focus of 2018 McDonnell lecture

3.15.18 |

S. George Philander, one of the world’s leading experts on climate and the interactions between the ocean and atmosphere, will deliver two talks March 28 and 29 as part of the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis’ McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.

3.13.18

Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor

3.13.18 |

Gary Patti has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis.

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