The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) is funding three Urban Integrated Field Laboratories including the new Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative (BSEC). According to the DoE, Urban Integrated Field Laboratories (Urban IFLs) […]
Listen to The Brian Lehrer Show audio story featuring one of Baltimore Ecosystem Study’s founding researchers, Dr. Charles Nilon. He talks about his research and the intersection of trees and environmental […]
“Although stream restoration filters pollutants out of local waterways and improves the health of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore area neighborhoods where it would do the most for water quality are […]
A BES graduate student’s research led to the unveiling of a marker at a Black women’s golfing club that had helped to desegregate Baltimore’s parks and golf courses. From the […]
Cary Institute Distinguished Senior Scientist and BES Founding Director Steward T.A. Pickett with ecologists Lenore Fahrig and Simon Levin have been selected as recipients of the 14th BBVA Foundation Frontiers […]
Green infrastructure can help manage urban hazards, such as flooding, extreme heat, and toxic pollution while improving the availability and quality of urban green space. Across the US, cities have […]
See what the BES LTER Education team has been up to in a new video – ‘Building and Sustaining a PLC in a Virtual World’. Learn how the BES LTER […]
Check out one of BES LTER’s founding researchers, Dr. Morgan Grove, discussing urban ecology, segregation, environmental justice, and the efforts of the US Forest Service’s Baltimore Field Station on the […]
Learn about the work of BES LTER alum Dr. Ela-Sita Carpenter. Dr. Carpenter an Urban Wildlife Biologist at US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), presented a Cary Institute scientific seminar […]
Congratulations to Dr. Steward Pickett, the BES LTER founding Director and recipient of the Ecological Society of America’s 2021 Eminent Ecologist Award, conferred in recognition of his pioneering work on […]
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