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UNL commits $5 million to better measure environmental impact of cattle
Part of the ADAPT project will take place at Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln research facility near Whitman, Nebraska. (11/11/2024)
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Ameyaw to test alley cropping farming with USDA grant
Lord Ameyaw, a Nebraska forestry professor, recently received a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant to study and test alley cropping, a way to farm using rows of trees in agricultural fields. Ann Powers, a forestry lecturer, serves as co-investigator on the grant. (10/10/2024)
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Nebraska scientist documents badgers and coyotes hunting together
Emma Balunek was watching motion-activated video she had taken of a rockpile in rural Colorado when a badger and coyote strolled onto the scene together. The young scientist knew badgers and coyotes competed for the same prey and even preyed upon each other. Why were these two strolling side by side? (9/30/2024)
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Husker projects advance study of soil moisture, hydrology
Trenton Franz and colleagues installed a neutron monitor at the university’s Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead. The device is only the third one in the United States, and the only one located outside the East Coast. (7/2/2024)
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Turk investigating soil health over time, a key to climate resilience strategies
Judith Turk, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, will use an $854,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to shed light on how human activity is impacting soil degradation in the Great Plains. (5/28/2024)
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Corman builds EPSCoR success with art
The EPSCoR project Jessica Corman leads really picked up STEAM by incorporating art. After seeing results from the first year of the project, the National Science Foundation quadrupled the art funds. (5/13/2024)
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Lab boosts understanding of water bodies, creates student opportunities
Scientists operate dozens of ground-based, time-lapse cameras to monitor water body conditions in the Platte River basin. (4/19/2024)
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Southeast Kansas Mallard Duck Project
Kansas is an important mid-latitude Central Flyway state for migrating and wintering waterfowl. During our first field season in 2023, we captured and leg-banded 728 mallards during November – December and deployed GPS devices on 54 of them. We will be capturing mallards within Southeast Kansas during the fall and winter of 2024 and 2025. (3/25/2024)
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CSD scientists deepen understanding of ancient rivers
“This is the first time we’ve directly observed the courses of ancient river channels over a broad area of the Great Plains and related those to past landscapes and events.” — Jesse Korus, associate professor, School of Natural Resources; groundwater geologist, Conservation and Survey Division (2/12/2024)
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Slow-Release Lanthanum Effectively Reduces Phosphate in Eutrophic Ponds without Accumulating in Fish
(12/14/2023)
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Significant Workshops
Implications of a Changing Arctic on the Water Resources and Agriculture in the Central U.S. (2015)
The focus of this workshop was on how the significant climatic and environmental changes being observed in the Arctic may be affecting changes in mid-latitude weather and the implications of these changes on the frequency of extreme weather and climate events (e.g., severe weather, droughts, floods, heat waves) in the Central U.S.
Climate Change Implications for Nebraska (2014-2016)
In September 2014, the University of Nebraska published a report summarizing climate change impacts to the state. This comprehensive report summarized the current understanding of climate change science, projected changes in climate for Nebraska and the implications of these changes for some of the state’s primary sectors. Eight roundtable discussion focusing on areas such as wildlife, human health, energy availability were conducted and summarized.