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ESA Announces Recipients of 2024 Awards

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity and lifelong commitment to the profession.

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ESA 2024 Graduate Student Policy Award Cohort Named

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2024 cohort. The GSPA provides graduate students with science policy training and the opportunity to meet with congressional policymakers on Capitol Hill.

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ESA Welcomes Scott Collins as Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

After a competitive search, the Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott L. Collins as the new editor-in-chief of its journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. In his new role, Collins will lead Frontiers in publishing ecological and environmental research that is timely, clearly written and relevant to all users of ecological science, including policy makers, resource managers and educators.

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Who defends the defenders? Tropical cyclones pose a risk to the mangroves that protect cities

Mangroves play a vital role in protecting human habitations from strong storms. But how does that protection affect the mangroves themselves? A team of environmental scientists led by Yu Mo of Trinity College in Dublin harnessed the power of satellites to analyze the damage to mangroves caused by every tropical cyclone around the world since the year 2001. Their results were published in the Ecological Society of America’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

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