Sustainable Communities
![# Hurricane](/media/images/research/research_94.jpg)
Two researchers in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station are finding ways to leverage Twitter in order to improve communication during disasters. Dr....
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![Blooming and Blossoming](/media/images/research/research_200.jpg)
At the MAFES Trucks Crops Branch Experiment Station, Mississippi State University scientists have cultivated the
Ornamental Trial Garden to determine which plants are top ...
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![Boutiques: Boom or Bust](/media/images/research/research_196.jpg)
Dr. Caroline Kobia, assistant professor in the School of Human Sciences and Dr. Charles Freeman, associate professor in
the School of Human Sciences, sought to identify Mis...
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![Conservation Cash](/media/images/research/research_201.jpg)
Dr. Mark McConnell, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture in the College of
Forest Resources and scientist with MAFES and the Forest...
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![Finding the Pearls](/media/images/research/research_123.jpg)
Dr. Dan Petrolia, MAFES scientist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, collaborated with Dr. William Walton, associate professor and extensi...
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![Liquid Gold](/media/images/research/research_197.jpg)
Mississippi leads the nation in dependence of ground water-84 percent of our freshwater supply comes from groundwater
according to the American Geosciences Institute-an...
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![Open Spaces, Endless Possibilities](/media/images/research/research_199.jpg)
Dr. JoVonn Hill, a MAFES scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology and Plant Pathology, has discovered a little ov...
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![Parking for Pollinators](/media/images/research/research_93.jpg)
A Toyota Corolla rolls off the assembly line every 73 seconds at the plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. But for the automobile manufacturing plant, building cars is not it...
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![Protection from the Storm](/media/images/research/research_95.jpg)
Living close to the ocean has many perks-until storm clouds loom on the horizon. Hurricanes pose severe threats to homes along the coast, as they can cause both flood and w...
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![Raising the Roof](/media/images/research/research_119.jpg)
The shingled, asphalt roofs that adorn most buildings aren't expected to do much besides protect us from the elements. In contrast, a green roof, defined as a building roof...
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![Sea of Debris](/media/images/research/research_198.jpg)
Drs. Benedict "Ben" Posadas and Mark Woodrey, MAFES scientists stationed at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in
Biloxi, are researching how the marine d...
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![Seeds of hope](/media/images/research/research_88.jpg)
George Awuni understands food insecurity firsthand. A native of Ghana, in sub-Saharan Africa, Awuni has seen what the scarcity of food does to a community and a nation. He ...
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![Understanding a Global Pest](/media/images/research/research_144.jpg)
Currently, the Magnolia State is experiencing its worst pine beetle outbreak in more than 30 years with more than 4,000 spots throughout the state's forests infested with t...
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![Up and Down the Highway](/media/images/research/research_195.jpg)
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) scientists work with the Mississippi Department of
Transportation, or MDOT, to keep highways right side of...
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