Brood X Cicadas and their Impact on the Ecosystem!

John Lill, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences and Zoe Getman-Pickering, a postdoctoral scientist at GW, are studying the impact of the cicadas on the ecosystem and environment. The GW scientists will continue their research over the summer as the next generation of these 17-year cicadas hatch and burrow into the ground and will provide scientists with a better understanding of this natural phenomenon.