UT, City of Knoxville Receive $4.3 Million to Plant Trees in Urban Areas
UT’s grant will increase tree canopy coverage, reduce stormwater runoff, mitigate extreme heat and bring ecosystem services to underserved communities in East Knoxville.
The Conversation: AI Can Help Forecast Air Quality, but Freak Events Like 2023’s Summer of Wildfire Smoke Require Traditional Methods Too
Predicting air quality is not a simple task.
The Conversation: Global Shipping Is under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast—That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming
Shipping companies have billions invested in fleets that were built to last decades. Now the U.S. is calling for zero emissions by 2050, and the EU is raising the cost of fossil fuel use.
The Conversation: Chickadees, Titmice and Nuthatches Flocking Together Benefit from a Diversity Bonus – So Do Other Animals, Including Humans
Scientists are learning that diversity has many perks – whether in multispecies groups of animals or human society.
The Conversation: How Has the Inside of the Earth Stayed as Hot as the Sun’s Surface for Billions of Years?
Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching Earth’s core. No one could survive that trip – and the 10,000-degree Fahrenheit heat once there would vaporize you anyway.
The Conversation: Dung Beetle Mothers Protect Their Offspring from a Warming World by Digging Deeper
Everyone is feeling the heat these days – even species that develop underground.
The Conversation: What Is Chronic Wasting Disease? A Wildlife Scientist Explains the Fatal Infection Killing Deer and Elk Across North America
A deadly neurological infection, chronic wasting disease, has been detected in deer, elk and moose in 30 states and four Canadian provinces. Human risk is low, but hunters need to take precautions.
Researchers map heat inequities in Knoxville
UT researchers will team up with community members to map urban heat islands and collect the data necessary to protect disproportionately affected communities.
The Conversation: Raising Cattle on Native Grasses in the Eastern US Benefits Farmers, Wildlife, and the Soil
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation, balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
New Report Card Will Grade Health of Tennessee Waterways
Using an A to F grading scale, Tennesseans will soon be able to the improvements made to the water quality of the state’s urban waterways.
Engel Receives NSF Grant to Study Lava Tube Biodiversity on Hawai‘i
UT professor is part of a team studying subterranean biodiversity associated with lava tubes in Hawaii.
The Conversation: Why the Southern US is Prone to December Tornadoes
Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the December 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.