Are you working with #OpenData to advance #freshwater #biogeochemistry? Consider submitting an abstract to share your science in our special session at #2026SFS! Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪

Dr. Claudia Nunez-Penichet recently received a Travel Award from the Invasive Species Collaborative to attend #Entomology2025 in Portland, Oregon! Claudia presented her research in a talk entitled "Forecasting Invasion Hotspots in a Changing North America". 🪲🌲

🐚🌊 Warming oceans & rising acidification could shrink mollusk habitats in the western Atlantic by 60%, according to GCC postdoctoral affiliate Dr. Claudia Nuñez-Penichet. Her research highlights both the risks & the power of human action to protect marine life.

🦎💧 GCC’s Dr. William Hopkins & Dr. Erin Hotchkiss are partnering with Virginia DWR to restore eastern hellbenders. By giving eggs & juveniles a “head start” in captivity, they boost survival & support long-term recovery – while habitat restoration improves stream health. 🎥

🌎💧 GCC faculty affiliates Drs. Quinn Thomas, Cayelan Carey & Ryan Calder are part of a team awarded a $1M NSF grant to link land & water forecasting. Their system will predict reservoir water quality days to months ahead – incorporating wildfires, floods, or droughts. 📍

🌊 After Hurricane Helene, GCC affiliate Dr. Jon Czuba and VT students are helping restore Cripple Creek in Ivanhoe, VA. Partnering with Trout Unlimited, they’re designing real-world streambank solutions that protect ecosystems and communities. 💧 🎥

🏢💨 Buildings that protect occupants from germs? GCC’s Dr. Linsey Marr leads a $40M ARPA-H project (with Drs. Amy Pruden & Peter Vikesland) to develop smart systems that detect airborne pathogens & automatically adjust ventilation, filtration, or UV light to keep air healthy. buff.ly/U0g5bGU

🦠 After 514M years, Salterella finally finds its place on the tree of life! A new study co-authored by GCC’s Dr. Shuhai Xiao places this puzzling Cambrian fossil within the cnidarians — shedding light on the origins of animal skeletons & shells 🌊🔬

🏆 Congrats to GCC's Dr. Mary Lofton — recipient of the Ecological Forecasting Outstanding Publication Award from the Ecological Society of America! Her 2024 BioScience study assessed the Macrosystems EDDIE program, which has reached 35K+ students at 50+ institutions worldwide 🌍

📚 Discover the stories shaping Appalachia Join GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Shannon Bell on Oct. 27 (12:15–1:15 PM) for her #HumanitiesWeek talk: “Honoring the Understories: Seeing Beyond the Coalfields Imaginary in Central Appalachia.” 📍 Newman Library 124 🔗 rebrand.ly/725e41

🌎 Big news! Ten Virginia Tech grad students & postdocs have been selected as 2025–26 NE CASC Fellows — representing 40% of this year's cohort. All are mentored by GCC faculty, driving innovation in climate adaptation research. 👏 🔗

🦕 Unwrap 200 million years of history! Join paleontologists Dr. Nesbitt & Dr. Stocker for the Fossil Unwrapping Party 2025 & grand reopening of the Fossil Prep Lab. 📅 Oct 23 | 6:30 PM 📍 Hahn Hall → Derring Hall & Museum of Geosciences 🎟️ Free & family-friendly (ages 7+) RSVP soon! buff.ly/rhnjJCm

🎤 Big ideas in 90 seconds! The 2025 #NutshellGames return TOMORROW, Oct 23 at 5:30 PM. Join grad students as they share their research - no slides, no jargon, just creativity. Cheer on IGC fellows: 🌱 Emily Matthews 🦟 James Moloney 🐟 Anu Rai Free & open to all! 👉 buff.ly/7PG5Tg5

Hope you can join us for three full days (June 2-4th, 2026) of great science in a beautiful setting!

🐦 Want to help protect migrating birds? GCC affiliate Dr. Ashley Dayer shares tips in an ABC 8 News feature: 🌿 Plant native species 💡 Turn off lights at night 🐱 Keep cats indoors Simple steps, big conservation impact. 🌎

🦕 Unwrap 200 million years of history! Join paleontologists Dr. Nesbitt & Dr. Stocker for the Fossil Unwrapping Party 2025 & grand reopening of the Fossil Prep Lab. 📅 Oct 23 | 6:30 PM 📍 Hahn Hall → Derring Hall & Museum of Geosciences 🎟️ Free & family-friendly (ages 7+) RSVP soon! buff.ly/rhnjJCm

💧 Become a community scientist! Chasing Salt invites teachers, students & community members to help study how road salt & agricultural runoff affect streams. 🗓️ Sign up by Oct 15 to receive your sampling kit & contribute to environmental research! sentrekin.com/communitysci...

🌟 Congrats to GCC affiliates elected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine! 🌊 Dr. Cayelan Carey – pioneering freshwater ecosystem forecasting 🐸 Dr. Bill Hopkins – advancing biodiversity research amid climate change

Major research awards at Virginia Tech are driving health, security, tech & sustainability forward. Highlighted GCC affiliates: ✨ Dr. Marr – $18M NSF, COMPASS Center ✨ Drs. Chaves, Sorice, Kindsvater & Ramseyer – $1.7M NSF, fisheries project

🎧 NEW: GCC affiliate Dr. Cayelan Carey talks ecosystem forecasting on VT’s Curious Conversations podcast. Her team uses sensor data + modeling to predict water quality and support ecosystem management worldwide. 🌍💧 ▶️ Listen:

🌊🐟 Congrats to GCC affiliate Dr. Elizabeth Nyboer! She’s leading Virginia Tech’s role in the Ginebigomeg Project. This collaborative effort explores Indigenous relationships with sea lamprey and strengthens communication between Indigenous communities and management authorities.

🎉 Congrats to GCC affiliates recently honored with endowed appointments at VT! ✨ Dr. Cayelan Carey, Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship ✨ Dr. Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, Anthony & Catherine Moraco Endowed Faculty Fellowship Recognizing excellence in research, teaching & service. 👏 buff.ly/lErzQRH

Know a dataset making an impact for people, planet, or prosperity? 🌎 Nominate it for AGU’s upcoming commentary by 10 Oct. You may be featured! 🔗: buff.ly/XLFfYqM #ImpactfulData #EarthScience

🌿 How do you fight invasive species? IGC fellow Harrison Miles is featured in a VT News video on his research tackling the Tree of Heaven and spotted lanternfly. His innovative work uses a natural fungus to explore vineyard & ecosystem protection. 🍇

💧🏆 Congrats to GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Cayelan Carey for receiving the Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship! Her research on harmful algal blooms and leadership at the Center for Ecosystem Forecasting is shaping the future of freshwater science.

🌍✨ Meet the new IGC GSO officers for 2025–26! These student leaders strengthen the Global Change Center community through education, collaboration & outreach.

🌎🐦 GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Ashley Dayer is using social science to protect Atlantic Flyway shorebirds! Her research guides conservation strategies from New York to Florida and informs Virginia’s Wildlife Viewing Plan.

👏 Congrats to GCC affiliate Dr. Landon Marston on being named a 2025–26 Dean’s Fellow in VT’s College of Engineering! His work on water resources & policy will help drive collaborative, interdisciplinary solutions for the future of engineering. 🌎💧

A new water forecasting system from VT’s Center for Ecosystem Forecasting, co-led by GCC affiliates Dr. Cayelan Carey & Dr. Quinn Thomas, is changing the way communities plan for clean water around the world. 💧

🌍 Introducing the 2025–26 Interfaces of Global Change Curriculum Committee (IG3C)! These GCC faculty & IGC fellows will help shape the program over the next year. Grateful for those completing terms & excited to welcome new + returning members! 👏

🗓️ Tuesday, Sept 23 • 3:30 PM 📍 Fralin Auditorium Join us today for CeZAP SPARK: the 5th ID IGEP Cohort will present research from their first lab rotations

Recent pics from Dr. Bryan Brown's promotion seminar on "Biodiversity in River Networks". Dr. Brown has been an integral part of the ISC since its humble beginnings in 2016 and currently serves on the Steering Committee! He is also our go-to invasive crayfish person! 🦞

👏 Congrats to GCC affiliate Dr. Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, awarded the Anthony and Catherine Moraco Endowed Faculty Fellowship! A leader in air quality research & chair of the IGC program, his work is advancing science & mentoring future scholars. 🌍 news.vt.edu/articles/202...

While studying Lake Victoria’s fisheries, GCC affiliate Dr. Elizabeth Nyboer saw 150K+ women lose their livelihoods overnight after Uganda banned mukene gear. On September 18, she shares how women are organizing and reshaping fisheries. 🔗

📢 Virginia Tech is hiring! 📢 Please reshare and promote! We are seeking an economist for a research & teaching position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level in applied economics with a focus on #invasive species. For more info & to apply ➡️ careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

🌍 In Switzerland this summer, GCC affiliate Dr. Ryan Calder joined the Global Teaching Scholars Workshop, helping launch a new collaboration with Università della Svizzera italiana – with plans for shared lectures & future student exchanges.

🎉🌍 The GCC kicked off its 10th year with the annual Welcome Reception! Nearly 100 affiliates gathered to celebrate a decade of impact & look ahead to the future of global change research.

🚰🐾 Your dog might know what’s in your water before you do. A new study with GCC affiliate Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis found toxic metals in 64% of dog drinking water samples from private wells. Pets could be early warning systems for hidden contamination.

🌱 Congrats to the 2025–26 GCC & GCC–ISCE Seed Grant recipients! This year’s projects shed light on ecosystems in transition, forests under stress, and species navigating a changing climate.

💻⚡ AI data centers run 24/7, using massive energy & water resources. GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Landon Marston highlights how efficiency, clean energy, and water stewardship can make them more sustainable. 🌱💧 news.vt.edu/articles/202...

🌍🦞 Congrats to GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Holly Kindsvater! She’s a 2025–26 Fulbright Scholar studying lobster populations & sustainable fisheries in Norway 🇳🇴. news.vt.edu/articles/202... #GCCatVT #VirginiaTech #FulbrightScholar #MarineConservation

🌍🎉 Congrats 2025 Global Change Scholars! 👏 Denycè Jasicki-Velin, Geosciences, advised by Dr. Rachel Reid 👏 Maranda Stricklin, Microbiology, advised by Dr. Michelle Stocker These outstanding Hokies are making their mark in research, leadership & community! globalchange.vt.edu/news/news-st...

🏆 GCC faculty affiliate Dr. Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize! His low-cost sensors improve air quality monitoring worldwide and empower communities to protect their health. 🌍💨 news.vt.edu/articles/202... #GCCatVT

🦈✨ AI + citizen science = shark conservation! Researchers at Virginia Tech, Stanford, and others are bringing the power of artificial intelligence and citizen science together to protect global shark populations through SharkPulse. Project led by GCC's Dr. Francesco Ferretti

📢 Introducing the 2025–26 GCC Advisory Committee! We thank outgoing members for their incredible service and welcome new faculty who will help shape the GCC’s goals and direction over the next two years. Full details: globalchange.vt.edu/news/news-st... #GCCatVT #GCCFaculty

🚰 Tomorrow night at Science on Tap! What’s really in our water—and why does it matter? Join GCC affiliate Dr. Alasdair Cohen at Rising Silo Brewery at 5:30 PM for a talk on safe drinking water access in rural regions + themed trivia! communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/css-events/u...

🎒 High school students explored science & leadership with GALS this July! The weeklong program, co-led by IGC Fellows and co-sponsored by the GCC, took them into the Blue Ridge Mountains for field research, outdoor adventure, and teamwork. 🔗

Several weeks ago, ISC students enrolled in the @globalchangevt.bsky.social IGC program participated in Blacksburg's annual Steppin' Out event. Their booth highlighted how people and communities are tackling global environmental challenges like #invasive species, climate change, and pollution.

🎓 Congrats to the Summer 2025 #IGCFellow graduates! GCC is proud to celebrate TWO exceptional IGC graduates who are tackling global change through research, collaboration & communication. 👏 Join us in wishing them well! 🔗

GCC’s Dr. Korine Kolivras is studying Lyme Disease in the New River Valley - what people know, how they protect themselves, and how results can improve public health. Residents of Radford, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery & Pulaski counties: take the survey now! www.wdbj7.com/2025/08/19/v...