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The real buzz brewing on Georgia Tech’s rooftops
There are hives of activity on the roof of the ever-cool Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. It’s a facility of technological marvel, creativity, and reclamation. The perfect place for urban honeybees to weave their environmental magic.
In this GPB interview, Jennifer Leavey of the School of Biological Sciences discusses her work leading the Georgia Tech Urban Honeybee Project, which studies how urban habitats affect honeybee health and how technology can be used to study bees.
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Playing Pool with Planets
A new study led by researchers, including School of Physics graduate student Julia Esposito and Associate Professor Gongjie Li, used 1,500 virtual planetary systems to examine how planet-planet scattering may have influenced the formation of Jupiter-sized planets.
American Astronomical Society NOVA
The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world
Mountains are home to some of the most spectacular biodiversity on Earth, but mountain species are thought to be especially vulnerable to climate change-driven extinctions. However, mountains can also be refugia, providing a plethora of habitats and climates that allow species to persist despite climate change. In this piece published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity, researchers, including Benjamin Freeman and Jenny McGuire of the School of Biological Sciences, examine how mountain species have responded to past and ongoing warming to assess their vulnerability and resilience to climate change.
Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The emerging weather threat facing the South
As spring wears on, there is hope the worst of this season will soon pass, and that relief is coming. In Florida, the rainy season begins on May 15, followed soon after by the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. But there's not much wet weather on the horizon in the Sunshine State — or, anywhere across the Southeast.
"We just can't seem to shake this," said Zachary Handlos, director of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at Georgia Tech. Until the current patterns shift, he said, "the risk is going to remain high."
The Washington Post
Does Sweating More Make for a Better Workout?
As the weather heats up, you may find the same jog that was comfortable outdoors a few months ago now leaves you drenched in sweat.
Sweating a lot can mean you’re working hard, but sweat alone isn’t necessarily a great indicator of workout intensity, said Mindy Millard-Stafford, an exercise physiologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “You can’t really compare one person’s sweat rate to another and say, ‘This person worked harder,’” she said.
But understanding how much you sweat can help you stay hydrated and safe while working out in warmer conditions. We asked experts, including Millard-Stafford, what to watch out for.
The New York Times