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An alligator rests on a log in a swampy area surrounded by trees and lush aquatic vegetation.

Funding opportunity: Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience in the Gulf

Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience in the Gulf

citizen science month

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Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background.

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An internship growing my skills as a science researcher, educator, and communicator

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Jonah and Marissa stand in a marshy area and look at a soil core with a meter stick held up to it. Jonah holds a knife as though he is preparing to remove the core from the corer and put it into a labeled Ziploc bag held by Marissa.

New CoCoRaHS Data Explorer gives volunteers an easier, more in-depth way to view data

October 12, 2023

A screenshot of a web page dashboard that displays multiple types of data visualizations including rain gauge graphs filled with water, observation counts, and monthly calendars that visualize data collection over the years.

My internship on changes to dolphin diet over time and impacts of sea surface temperature

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Sarah wears a lab coat and lab goggles, standing at a large lab hood. She is looking through a sample in a metal sieve. The sample she sorts is a red liquid with remnants of digested food parts. Another tray nearby contains pieces of digested food sorted out of the liquid.

What's the buzz? My internship studying sperm whale foraging using passive acoustics

October 5, 2023

EPP/MSI scholar explores her interests in new ways during her summer internship

September 28, 2023

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What is your precipitype? Take our precipitation personality quiz to find out!

September 27, 2023

Text on photo of five types of precipitation: rain, snow crystals, hail, sleet, and graupel. Text reads "What is your precipitype? Take our precipitation personality quiz to find out!

Working on bird time: A day in the life of a Hollings scholar

September 20, 2023

Ellie faces away from the camera, sitting cross-legged on an unpopulated crushed-shell beach. She concentrates on photographing black birds that gather on the beach closer to the breaking waves.

An EPP/MSI scholar's internship contributing to Mission: Iconic Reefs

September 13, 2023

The model offers an aerial view of the site as if taken underwater in crystal clear water. There is a central raised area in shades of tan and brown, like sand interrupted by rocks and coral, that gives way to what appear to be deeper areas on either side colored a light greenish-blue.

An internship studying how climate stress influences decisions at oyster farms in the Pacific Northwest

September 7, 2023