Institute for Energy and Environment
John Sorochan, co-director of UT’s Center for Athletic Field Safety, explains his research to reduce the negative effects of stressors like drought, shade, and traffic on turfgrass to Hallerin Hilton Hill.
Kimberly Sheldon, UT associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, shares her research—which spans tropical and temperate ecosystems and focuses on how these beneficial animals respond to temperature changes—with The Conversation.
In an article for The Conversation, Allan Houston, a UT professor of forest and wildlife ecology, explains what is known about chronic wasting disease and what wildlife scientists are still trying to learn.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers from social work, geography, and public health will team up with local community members to map urban heat islands, or UHI, and collect the data necessary to protect disproportionately affected communities.
Patrick Keyser, UT professor of forestry, wildlife, and fisheries, suggests that those grasses can not only be brought back but can also play a strategic role on farms today. Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation, balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
Five communities have been accepted to the 2022 cohort of the Tennessee RiverTowns Program as part of the Tennessee RiverLine. These communities, along with the 2021 cohort, are home to more than one million people.
