Staff spotlight: Phillip Bumpers
From wading into streams to crunching numbers on datasets, Phillip Bumpers, the River Basin Center’s research coordinator, has dedicated his career to furthering human understanding of the complex freshwater ecosystems in Southeastern streams and rivers.
The Role of Freshwater Crabs in Neotropical Streams
Freshwater crabs play an important role in the breakdown of nutrients from natural materials that fall into streams, but few studies have looked into exactly how their relationships with other detritivores and the leaf litter itself impacts ecosystems. River Basin Center graduate student Carol Yang shed light on these relationships in neotropical streams in two […]
Jump in to SFS Summer of Science!
In lieu of the in-person annual meeting, SFS is hosting a Summer of Science! With summer as our guide, we hope you will adopt appropriate attire at home or in media presentations – in other words, bright colors, beach imagery, and sunglasses are encouraged! Please note that you must be a current member of SFS to participate. […]
The UGA River Basin Center John Spencer Research Grant Program 2020
The UGA River Basin Center announces the 2020 call for proposals for John Spencer Research Grants to graduate students.
RBC Graduate Student Shishir Rao Featured in Nature inFocus
River Basin Center graduate student Shishir Rao’s research was recently feature in Nature inFocus, as part of the Save Every Drop Series.
The Ethics of Water Legislation in Brazil
University of Georgia researchers are shedding light on the differing values of populations in Northeastern Brazil to inform future water management decisions.
A Wild Gopher Frog Chase
Dr. Stacey Lance is working to identify suitable habitat for Carolina gopher frogs, a species identified as endangered in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and to survey existing populations on private lands.
Dr. Emma Rosi to Present on Riverine Systems in the Anthropocene
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 3 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.!
Shining A Spotlight On Septic
Athens-Clarke County and RBC Researchers take interdisciplinary approach to septic
32nd Annual Red Clay Conference: Overcoming Toxic Relationships
This year’s conference will address coal ash disposal, brownfield redevelopment in Georgia and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water