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![Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening. Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/greening_figure_copy.jpg?itok=7jkyb1SK)
![Richard Norby Richard Norby](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/norby200.jpg?itok=DKWd-C4Z)
Richard Norby, a physiological ecologist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of Ecological Society of America.
![Gas bubbles are released from a saturated part of the Barrow Environmental Observatory. Gas bubbles are released from a saturated part of the Barrow Environmental Observatory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/04%20Gas_2012_0.jpeg?itok=eLaly2-v)
![Baohua Gu Baohua Gu](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2014-P04970.png?itok=ZR6bEAk5)
Baohua Gu, a distinguished senior scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking a closer look at how sturgeon, a prehistoric — and now imperiled — group of fish species may better be helped to get around the dams that block their migrations.
![As part of the Bioenergy Study Tour hosted by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, participants will visit switchgrass fields and facilities in East Tennessee. As part of the Bioenergy Study Tour hosted by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, participants will visit switchgrass fields and facilities in East Tennessee.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/switchgrass_tour%5B2%5D.jpeg?itok=VbNfjxix)
Researchers and others interested in establishing a sustainable bioeconomy in the U.S. are taking part in a five-day study tour led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![A barrier, or weir, near 5th Creek Road on the Oak Ridge Reservation used to measure discharge on White Oak Creek acted as a barrier (unintentional) to fish passage. Due to age and failure the structure was removed in the fall of 2015. A barrier, or weir, near 5th Creek Road on the Oak Ridge Reservation used to measure discharge on White Oak Creek acted as a barrier (unintentional) to fish passage. Due to age and failure the structure was removed in the fall of 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20aquatic%20tip.jpg?itok=wX28CZPD)
![Red trillium is among the spring wildflowers found on the Oak Ridge Reservation. Red trillium is among the spring wildflowers found on the Oak Ridge Reservation.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Flower%202006-P02821.jpg?itok=ubaRn7l9)
![Vincent Pontello of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency displays a Harris’s hawk during a 2015 nature walk. Photo by Nicholas Morris. Vincent Pontello of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency displays a Harris’s hawk during a 2015 nature walk. Photo by Nicholas Morris.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Naturewalkhawk.jpg?itok=pjHjvely)
![This ORNL-developed map depicts different classes of vegetation canopy structure in the Tennessee portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This ORNL-developed map depicts different classes of vegetation canopy structure in the Tennessee portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/04%20mapping%20forest%20tip.jpeg?itok=SFhhvvdV)