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Summer Field Course in Gabon, Africa
Members of the CAB Alliance, including CTR’s Thomas Smith, will be teaching an undergraduate summer field course in Gamba, Gabon. Gamba is an amazing site, written up in National Geographic,…
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Persistent impacts of West Nile virus on North American bird populations
Recent research performed by several CTR faculty, including Thomas Smith and Ryan Harrigan, closely examined West Nile Virus (WNV) and its effects on the survival of avian populations. By using…
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Climate Change Could Force 100M Into Poverty By 2030, World Bank Group Report Says
A new World Bank Group report says that climate change could impoverish 100 million people worldwide. CTR Director, Thomas Smith, was interviewed in this article and provides his perspective on…
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Earth in Concert: Protecting the Planet through Music
The Grammy Museum, the California Science Center, and Global Wildlife Conservation are collaborating together to host the Earth in Concert: Protecting the Planet through Music exhibit where musicians and scientists…
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New Research: Songbirds’ Silent Killer
West Nile Virus Has Reduced Survival Rates By 50% for Some Backyard Favorites
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West Nile virus killing millions more birds than previously thought, UCLA researchers find
CTR Assistant Adjunct Professor and co-author on a recently published paper in PNAS, Ryan Harrigan was interviewed about survival rates of bird species after the introduction of West Nile virus.
