Environmental and agricultural sciences

Graduate (MSc or PhD) opportunity in aquatic ecology/biogeochemistry at Virginia Tech

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Dr. Erin Hotchkiss (Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech) is seeking applicants for 1-2 M.Sc. or Ph.D. graduate student positions with a target start date in August 2023. The new student(s) will have the opportunity to develop thesis or dissertation research linking water quality and stream functions (e.g., photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient cycling) to pollution and flow disturbances.

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Uncertain future predicted for Puerto Rico's endemic bird, the ladybug

Submitted on 29 August 2022 - 10:17pm

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Climate change is contributing to the bird's vulnerability and could cause population declines.

For three decades, scientists and collaborators of the Puerto Rican Ladybird Recovery Project have worked hard to collect data for its conservation, but, over time, they have noticed an increase in the number of stressors affecting the populations of this bird, while the pre-existing ones have worsened.

Parasitism, atmospheric phenomena, habitat loss, food availability and high temperatures are some of the factors that impact it.

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Oportunidad de Empleo - Técnico de Investigación

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Trabajo técnico de normal complejidad y responsabilidad en el campo de la investigación que consiste en participar
activamente en todas las fases de investigación a través de diversos experimentos, cursos y métodos investigativos o
asociados a las profesiones técnicas tales como tratamiento de agua, entre otros. Colaborar en la administración de

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Online Workshop

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The Inter American University of Puerto Rico (IAUPR), The Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research (CECIA-IAUPR), in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency, invites you to participate in this online workshop, that will feature presentations about environmental research performed in Puerto Rico and in the Caribbean in recent years.

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Apply for Science Communication Fellowship

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Hungry to level up your science communication skills, access greater career opportunities, and connect with an amazing community of interdisciplinary scholars in your research area?

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Puerto Rican biologist develops low-risk method for tagging developing frogs

Submitted on 12 July 2022 - 6:26pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Adolfo Rodríguez Velázquez

It is envisioned as a safe alternative for researching the ecology and biology of these amphibians.

While studying a fungus that is rapaciously threatening amphibian populations around the world, Puerto Rican scientist Janelle A. Peña found a technique for direct developmental frog tagging in juvenile stages, which presents less risk to the organisms, is an economical option for researchers, and proved to be efficient with individuals up to 10 millimeters in diameter.

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