Noted and Quoted, November 2019

Gray's reef, the global carbon cycle and statistical significance were a few of the recent headlines supported with Franklin College faculty expertise. A sampling of the stories that appeared over the past month:

Scientists race to track oil from capsized ship – Regents Professor Samantha Joye quoted by GPB

After a giant ship goes belly up, many fear a shoreline is next – Samantha Joye quoted at Head Topics

1,100 plants examined in massive, nine-year genomic diversity study – research co-authored by professor of plant biology James Leebens-Mack reported by EurekAlert!, Technology Networks, Science Codex, Northwestern University

“Dogs” vs “cockroaches”: On Hong Kong streets, language of genocide rears its head associate professor of psychology Allison Skinner quoted at Washington Post

Frozen dew, frost, and freezes – Do you know the difference?  Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of geography and atmospheric sciences Marshall Shepherd writing in his regular column in Forbes

Scientists make discovery on coastal water flow – research by Caitlin Amos, Ph.D. candidate in marine sciences, reported at UGA Today, Phys.org

Color, Cortona and more: A second round of shows at the Dodd Galleries – Flagpole

Five common sense questions answered about the U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement – Marshall Shepherd in Forbes

Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire  – professor of statistics Nicole Lazar quoted bySan Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press,NPR, The Washington Post, Durham Herald Sun

Mystery in global carbon cycle uncovered by investigation of oceanic “black carbon” – research by professor of marine sciences Jay Brandes and doctoral graduate research assistant Kun Ma reported by SciTech Daily, Archy Newsy

Georgia Climate Conference moves to action – Marshall Shepherd quoted by Savannah Morning News

Georgia Climate Conference explores what’s at stake for state – Marshall Shepherd quoted by Emory

Greenland’s oldest ice is melting fast – Distinguished Research Professor geography and Franklin College associate dean Tom Mote quoted by Smithsonian

Is trying to predict a coming recession a bad bet? Ask gamblers  – associate professor of history Stephen Mihm quoted at the Observer

In Atlanta, reverse migration is beginning to skew suburbs blue  – assistant professor of sociology Maryann Erigha quoted by ABC News, KGFW

“How can it be so cold if there’s global warming?” Here’s the answer – Marshall Shepherd quoted by CBS

UGA gets $15 million-plus award to fight human trafficking – Jody Clay-Warner, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology, is co-investigator on a new grantreported at UGA Today, Law.com, WUGA, AJC, ABH

Tesla’s Cybertruck has become the butt of every internet joke – emeritus professor of history James Cobb quoted by KITV

Science! Marshall Shepherd quoted by PHCP Pros

Saving the sea: Gray’s Reef serves as a model of conservation – Director of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and professor of marine sciences Clark Alexander quoted by Las Vegas Sun,  The Christian Science Monitor, Southeast Missourian, Texarkana Gazette, The Post and Courier, WABE

Georgia communities honor black American veterans who died during WWI  – Franklin Professor of History John Morrow Jr. quoted by AJC, Stars and Stripes

Researchers clear the path for “designer” plants – research by associate professor of genetics Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator Bob Schmitz reported by Covington News

Warming waters, disease threaten Georgia shrimp – professor of marine sciences Marc Frischer quoted by AJC

Thanksgiving: A new approach to teaching an old holiday – Franklin Professor of Native American Studies and Religion Jace Weaver quoted by WABE

Image: July 1, 1960 file photo, a chemistry laboratory in Cambridge, Mass, via AP