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A major new international review co-authored by Professor Gemma Harvey, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of ...

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - - After years of dedicated study and groundbreaking research, Samuel Babatunde, a Western Illinois University (WIU) Ph.D. graduate in Environmental Science specializing in large ...

Image caption: A school of neon fusiliers (Pterocaesio tile) swirls along the thriving coral reef of Sonsorol Island in the Southwest Islands of Palau (2022). Credit: Brian Zgliczynski/Scripps ...

Some make you sick, while others help keep you healthy. But microbes' influence stretches far beyond human bodies. These astonishingly complex organisms regulate the health of forests, oceans and ...

Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

In 2022, Mendoza in Argentina decided to use a city-scale digital twin to map green infrastructure and their trees to increase city air quality and climate resilience. GenMap created a digital twin of ...

In Fall 2014, WIU began offering a Ph.D. in Environmental Science: Large River Ecosystems. This multidisciplinary effort that is intended to accommodate student-scientists from a variety of physical, ...

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