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Thanks to everyone who came out and made this year's TN Nutrient Summit a huge success!
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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We had a wonderful time teaching kiddos about nutrient pollution at the TN Tech STEM Center's Under the Sea FAB Friday event. Thank you so much to the STEM Center for hosting this fun, educational experience!
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Miranda Gaupp, Understanding how Streamside Salamanders (Ambystoma barbouri) respond to temperature variation at the molecular level to inform conservation strategies.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Cindy Scruggs gave a presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Conference this year on her current project, "The Long-term Effects of Incubation Temperature on Morphology and Performance in the Streamside Salamander (𝑨𝒎𝒃𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊)".
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Check out this publication from the Water Center and associated faculty on using satellite imagery for depth estimation in wetlands:

www.mdpi.com/2912760
May 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Take a quick minute to read this article on how Tennessee Tech's Water Center is poised to assist the state in planning the future of the Duck River Watershed. www.tntech.edu/news/release...
Tech's Water Center joins statewide effort to protect the Duck River - News
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April 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Drs. Jingjing Li (Center postdoctoral research associate) and Justin Murdock (Center director) recently published a paper detailing how excess nitrogen and phosphorus stimulate cyanobacterial blooms in the Cumberland River, TN...
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Nutrient concentration, stoichiometry, and timing of delivery can regulate cyanobacterial dominance and microcystin production in rivers
Riverine cyanobacterial blooms are increasing worldwide and are driven in large part by eutrophication. Despite substantial data on nutrient/bloom rel…
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April 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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April 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Dr. Robert Paine's new article highlights the genetic-based conservation research happening at the Water Center. His team conducted Enviro DNA surveillance of the Slender Chub, a TN minnow not seen in 25+ years, and detected its DNA in the Clinch and Powell Rivers.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Researchers discover a rare example of defensive mimicry in birds. scim.ag/42407j7
This fuzzy hummingbird chick may be in disguise—as a caterpillar
Researchers discover rare example of defensive mimicry in birds
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March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Dalton Tryba

"Light and Temperature Effects on Harmful Algal Bloom Potential, Community Composition Shifts, and Cyanotoxin Production in Large Rivers"

Large rivers, like the Ohio River, have begun experiencing more frequent harmful algal blooms over the last decade...
March 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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March 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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National Park Service saw a record number of visitors in 2024. Spread the word and support the amazing and talented folks that make our national parks such a treasure for all Americans!

Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/c...
National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet. (Gift Article)
As the administration fires rangers and other workers, an internal memo is directing the National Park Service not to publicize visitors numbers.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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🔭 Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, ASI, INAF, JIRAM

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The image shows the north pole of Jupiter in red (infrared) light. Many cyclonic swirls surround the pole. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
March 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Sen. Shane Reeves, a Murfreesboro Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would block state agencies from creating new regulations for chemicals in drinking water or hazardous waste handling in Tennessee — unless the proposed rules are based on “sound science.” From @cstephenson.bsky.social.
Bill pushing ‘sound science’ would impact future regulations on ‘forever chemicals’ • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Sen. Shane Reeves sponsors a bill blocking Tennessee agencies from creating rules for PFAs unless they are based on “sound science.”
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March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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ICYMI - Our very own Director, Dr. Justin Murdock, has been appointed to the Duck River Watershed Planning Partnership! Fantastic news! 🥳🌎🌻🌳

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Governor names appointments to Duck River partnership - Main Street Media of Tennessee
Gov. Bill Lee has announced appointees to the Duck River Watershed Planning Partnership, established by Executive Order 108. The Order, signed in November 2024, furthers Tennessee’s commitment to bala...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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🔭 M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Xinran Li

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A starscape is shown with red filaments running diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. Many bright blue stars are visible across the center of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
February 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Two US spacecraft launched to the Moon this week from Cape Canaveral, on their way to hunt for water thought to exist at the lunar South Pole

https://go.nature.com/3QGJlkS
Meet the ice-hunting robots headed for the Moon right now
Two US probes launched today, one laden with a drill and a hopper looking for lunar water.
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March 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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🔭 A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros

Image Credit & Copyright: Harry Karamitsos

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The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers, but it is probably the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this cosmic rose are actually a stellar nursery. The lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young, O-type stars. Stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years young, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn. This natural appearing telescopic portrait of the Rosette Nebula was made using broadband color filters, but sometimes roses aren't red.
February 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Update on probationary fires. 388 employees so far have been terminated by the agency. The agency initially told reporters this number was closer to 500.
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February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.

Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims

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Defense Against Dishonest Charts
This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.
flowingdata.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM