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ARLINGTON, Va., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of entries to a national environmental photo contest reveal not only signs of change across the United States, but also a growing awareness in students about complex life-environment connections. Young photographers in grades 5-8 captured images of change in their environment as part of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies' (IGES) annual Earth Day Photo & Essay Contest. Participants also submitted...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High school students from across the United States explored real policy challenges in a national environmental research contest. Validating the existence and distribution of lunar tidal waves, developing the first spatial ecology model of cape vultures, and establishing the correlation between wildfires and surface ozone were the focal points of the top entries of the 2013 Thacher Environmental Research Contest. Founded by the...

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of students in grades 2-4 created biodiversity-themed art as part of a national contest, presenting everything from whales, turtles, deer, zebras, and sharks to butterflies and eucalyptus trees. With the theme "The World's A Place of Living Things," the 17(th) annual art contest of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) invited students to share their impressions of biodiversity. Over 400 children...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Smoke from wildfires hung over Huntsville, Texas during the summer of 2011. Sean James, an eight-grader, watched with his family as the rainless, hot summer worsened the already existing drought and wildfires. In his first-place winning entry for the 2012 Earth Day Photo and Essay Contest, Sean conveyed his shock that an area so damaged by the devastating wildfires could recover so quickly. Sean's photograph captures a scene in...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heavy rains and severe flooding inundated Northern Virginia last September, damaging homes, sweeping cars away, and leading authorities to evacuate residents in certain areas. Such severe weather events are somber reminders of the need for accurate floodplain models. These models are important to help communities in flood-prone areas anticipate and prepare for changes in water levels. Inspired by local events like the recent...