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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
Thanks to everyone who came out and made this year's TN Nutrient Summit a huge success!
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
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)".
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
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Miranda Gaupp, Understanding how Streamside Salamanders (Ambystoma barbouri) respond to temperature variation at the molecular level to inform conservation strategies.
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
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!
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🌍@unep.org’s Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer reveals pollution, shrinking lakes, & climate impacts on rivers worldwide. But recovery is possible—some water bodies are bouncing back! 🧪
This data platform charts the health of nearly every freshwater body on Earth. Here’s what it reveals
The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, which are increasingly under pressure from things like climate change.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🌍@unep.org’s Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer reveals pollution, shrinking lakes, & climate impacts on rivers worldwide. But recovery is possible—some water bodies are bouncing back! 🧪
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How does trophic connectivity between different ecosystems work at a landscape scale? We applied a novel conceptual framework with functional traits and fatty acid biomarkers to assess direct and indirect effects of landscape drivers on cross-ecosystem connectivity in stream-riparian #foodwebs
Fatty acid biomarkers reveal landscape influences on linkages between aquatic and terrestrial food webs
Stream and riparian habitats are meta-ecosystems that can be strongly connected via the emergence of aquatic insects, which form an important prey subsidy for terrestrial consumers. Anthropogenic per...
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September 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How does trophic connectivity between different ecosystems work at a landscape scale? We applied a novel conceptual framework with functional traits and fatty acid biomarkers to assess direct and indirect effects of landscape drivers on cross-ecosystem connectivity in stream-riparian #foodwebs
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Scientists are adding plastic to a lake. Not reckless—research. The IISD Experimental Lakes Area is uncovering the real impact of plastic pollution on freshwater ecosystems. 🎥 Watch the full film: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow... #TomorrowsCatch #PlasticPollution #FutureFisheries
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Scientists are adding plastic to a lake. Not reckless—research. The IISD Experimental Lakes Area is uncovering the real impact of plastic pollution on freshwater ecosystems. 🎥 Watch the full film: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow... #TomorrowsCatch #PlasticPollution #FutureFisheries
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A company looking to make clean drinking water more climate-resilient and accessible during disasters found an ideal testing ground in an unlikely place: singer-songwriter Amy Grant’s Williamson County farm. From @cstephenson.bsky.social,
Drinking water tech tested on Amy Grant’s farm now used for disaster relief, climate resilience • Tennessee Lookout
Altitude Water, which makes clean drinking water climate-resilient and accessible during disasters, tested their product at Amy Grant’s farm.
tennesseelookout.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A company looking to make clean drinking water more climate-resilient and accessible during disasters found an ideal testing ground in an unlikely place: singer-songwriter Amy Grant’s Williamson County farm. From @cstephenson.bsky.social,
Check out this publication from the Water Center and associated faculty on using satellite imagery for depth estimation in wetlands:
www.mdpi.com/2912760
www.mdpi.com/2912760
May 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Check out this publication from the Water Center and associated faculty on using satellite imagery for depth estimation in wetlands:
www.mdpi.com/2912760
www.mdpi.com/2912760
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💧 A River Runs Through Us
The Colorado River cuts through landscapes that are as rugged and diverse as their inhabitants. Now, in the face of historic drought, its people are coming together to tell a different story.
Read it in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine: nature.ly/3F1LPs0
The Colorado River cuts through landscapes that are as rugged and diverse as their inhabitants. Now, in the face of historic drought, its people are coming together to tell a different story.
Read it in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine: nature.ly/3F1LPs0
May 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
💧 A River Runs Through Us
The Colorado River cuts through landscapes that are as rugged and diverse as their inhabitants. Now, in the face of historic drought, its people are coming together to tell a different story.
Read it in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine: nature.ly/3F1LPs0
The Colorado River cuts through landscapes that are as rugged and diverse as their inhabitants. Now, in the face of historic drought, its people are coming together to tell a different story.
Read it in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine: nature.ly/3F1LPs0
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
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...
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Nature research paper: Wide-swath satellite altimetry unveils global submesoscale ocean dynamics
https://go.nature.com/43TrNtH
https://go.nature.com/43TrNtH
Wide-swath satellite altimetry unveils global submesoscale ocean dynamics - Nature
Data from the recently launched Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite reveal the characteristics of submesoscale eddies and waves and suggest that their potential impacts on overall ocean circulation is much larger than previously thought.
go.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nature research paper: Wide-swath satellite altimetry unveils global submesoscale ocean dynamics
https://go.nature.com/43TrNtH
https://go.nature.com/43TrNtH
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dr. Amanda Rosenberger gave a fantastic talk as the keynote speaker for this year's TN AWRA Conference. "Mussel Power: How Freshwater Mussels Shape Our Water Resources and Future in Tennessee"
April 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dr. Amanda Rosenberger gave a fantastic talk as the keynote speaker for this year's TN AWRA Conference. "Mussel Power: How Freshwater Mussels Shape Our Water Resources and Future in Tennessee"
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.
www.eaglehill.us/SENAonline/a...
www.eaglehill.us/SENAonline/a...
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
www.eaglehill.us/SENAonline/a...
www.eaglehill.us/SENAonline/a...
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...
"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
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...
"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...
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Tiny plastic particles are being found everywhere, including in the human brain
https://go.nature.com/3FhzmQF
https://go.nature.com/3FhzmQF
Are microplastics bad for your health? More rigorous science is needed
Tiny plastic particles are being found everywhere, including in the human brain. But it is not yet clear which findings can be trusted and what they might mean.
go.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tiny plastic particles are being found everywhere, including in the human brain
https://go.nature.com/3FhzmQF
https://go.nature.com/3FhzmQF
ICYMI - Our very own Director, Dr. Justin Murdock, has been appointed to the Duck River Watershed Planning Partnership! Fantastic news! 🥳🌎🌻🌳
mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mai...
mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mai...
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...
mainstreetmediatn.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
ICYMI - Our very own Director, Dr. Justin Murdock, has been appointed to the Duck River Watershed Planning Partnership! Fantastic news! 🥳🌎🌻🌳
mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mai...
mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mai...
Welcome to our Bluesky page!
March 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Welcome to our Bluesky page!
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