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MDPI Environments: "Pulse of the Storm: 2024 Hurricane Helene’s Impact on Riverine Nutrient Fluxes Across the Oconee River Watershed in Georgia"   This work was a collaborative effort, led by undergraduate researchers from multiple departments, who played a central role in both the analysis and manuscript preparation. The study examines how intense stormwater runoff from Hurricane Helene caused substantial, watershed-scale nutrient…
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Dutta Geomicrobiology Lab has a new publication in MDPI Environments.

"Rethinking the cosmos: UGA astronomy research shakes up the heavens”  by Michael Terrazas   The article focuses on the work of computational astrophysicist Dr. Cassandra Hall at the University of Georgia, it describes how high-resolution data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) matched predictions Hall had made years earlier using simulations.The article further explores the growing planetary research…
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Dr. Klimczak featured in recent UGA Research article highlighting planetary research at UGA.

Dr. Adam Milewski been selected as the inaugural "John and Barbara Dowd Professorship in Hydrology".    John and Barbara Dowd Professorship in Hydrology. The Professorship Endowment provides support of the professorship and provides supplemental salary support and requisite fringe benefits; research, teaching, or service and outreach assistance needed, but not otherwise available, to support the Professorship; and covers professional…
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Dr. Milewski selected as the inaugural "John and Barbara Dowd Professorship in Hydrology"

Study casts doubt on potential for life on Jupiter's moon Europa By Will Dunham January 6, 2026   WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond Earth, with a large subsurface ocean thought to be hidden under an outer shell of ice. But new research is raising questions about whether Europa in fact has what it takes for habitability.…
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Dr. Klimczak recent publication is featured in a new article on Reuters.

Nature Communications: "Little to no active faulting likely at Europa’s seafloor today."   Co-Author:  Dr. Christian Klimczak - Center for Planetary Tectonics at UGA, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA,  Abstract Many of the outer Solar System’s icy satellites feature known or suspected subsurface oceans, at least some of which are likely situated atop rocky interiors. Water–rock interactions at and…
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Dr. Klimczak co-authored a new publication in Nature Communications

UK-Southeastern US Critical Minerals Symposium & Growing Partnership for Essential Minerals (GEMs) Please join us for the 4th Growing Partnerships for Essential Minerals (GEMs-IV) Workshop, February 4, 2026 in Atlanta, GA. The GEMs-IV Symposium will convene leaders from academia, industry, government, and innovation organizations across the Southeastern United States and the United Kingdom for a focused dialogue on strengthening secure,…
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GEMs-4 - Critical Minerals Symposium

  ACS ES&T Water - "Can Contaminated Irrigation Water Drive Pharmaceutical Uptake and Transformation in Rice Paddy? Unveiling Pathways, Natural Attenuation Mechanisms, and Health Risk Assessments."   New publication from a recent collaboration in ACS ES&T Water. The paper looks at a key question: can contaminated irrigation water drive pharmaceutical uptake and transformation in rice paddy? We conducted a field experiment…
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Dr. Duttagupta co-authors new publication in ACS Publication

  Nature Microbiology - “STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies”    A Consensus Statement from from 248 researchers spanning 28 countries   Abstract The interdisciplinary nature of microbiome research, coupled with the generation of complex multi-omics data, makes knowledge sharing challenging. The Strengthening the Organization and Reporting of Microbiome…
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Dr. Dutta co-authors new publication in Nature Microbiology

  Eleven new partnerships launched to accelerate innovation in engineering biology for sustainable critical mineral supply chains.   Department of Geology News (Oct 30, 2025) The University of Georgia’s Dr. Paul Schroeder (Professor of Clay Mineralogy in the Department of Geology) has been awarded an ELEMENTAL Catalysing New UK–US Critical Minerals Research Partnership grant to advance research on the Rare Earth Element (REE)…
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Dr. Schroeder receives Elemental Awards UK-US Critical Minerals Research Travel Grant

    Can a Time Capsule Outlast Geology?   A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun   By Peter Brannen edited by Seth Fletcher     Stuff is old where I live, in greater Boston. Clapboard houses that list with age bear plaques touting the former residence of the town cordwainer or victualler. The gravestones, worn rough by New England…
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Can a Time Capsule Outlast Geology?

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