FIU@Home: Explore water quality monitoring
By Nicholas Ogle Home is the first learning laboratory. This series brings opportunities to discover, explore and create to life-long […]
Earth and Environment
Student works to save endangered orchids with friendly fungi
Friendly fungi may be the key to helping vulnerable Florida orchid populations rebound. Ellen Garcia, a graduate student in the […]
NOAA awards nearly $600,000 to mangrove resilience project
An FIU Institute of Environment researcher is trying to understand how mangrove coasts gain back their strength after being hit […]
Roots take a DIY approach for plant growth, study finds
By Nina Jungman Plants, like animals, must fight to survive. Unlike animals, the key to the plants’ survival lies in […]
Conference brings together 43 countries for dam discussion
An FIU Institute of Environment-led conference on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam brought together people from countries that have been […]
Biscayne Bay at a critical tipping point
Scientists in the FIU Institute of Environment were first to respond to the unprecedented fish kills and algal blooms recently […]
As emissions drop, air gets cleaner
Videos and photos have gone viral showing the drastic change in air pollution across the globe since the rise of […]
Ph.D. student receives fisheries research grant
Jonathan Rodemann, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth and Environment, was recently awarded the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing […]
For biological sciences student, life revolves around orchids
Keeping a plant alive takes special care and a good level of patience. Keeping orchids alive and beautiful is tougher […]
Plastic pollution makes a mess of the oceans
If you were to gather up all the plastic trash thrown into the ocean each year, it would weigh as […]
