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October 08, 2007 |
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Dr. Matt Wallenstein recieves grant to evaluate whether arctic soil microbes are factors in climate change
The behavior of trillions of tiny microorganisms in the cold, dark soils of the Arctic may tell scientists how climate change will impact the fragile soils of this vast region.
Two Colorado State University scientists in separate colleges - Matthew Wallenstein in the Warner College of Natural Resources and Ken Reardon in the College of Engineering - are working with Josh Schimel from the University of California-Santa Barbara and Michael Weintraub from the University of Toledo on the research, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. As part of the $904,623 grant, the Colorado State scientists will study proteins in the cells of the soil's microorganisms - a brand-new field of research known as soil proteomics.
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October 01, 2007 |
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The U.S. Great Plains' historical stability is vulnerable to rising energy prices and biofuels demand
"Great Plains agricultural production has increased, while rural populations and agricultural income have remained stable during the last 40 years. These trends are a result of large increases in irrigated agriculture, livestock production and federal farm payments," said William Parton, senior research scientist at Colorado State's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory.
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September 30, 2007 |
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PHD candidate, Shauna Burnsilver, has won the Lourdes Arizpe Award
The Lourdes Arizpe Award, given biennially by the Environment and Anthropology section of the American Anthropological Association. Burnsilver received the award for her dissertation research "Pathways of Continuity and Change: Diversification, Intensification and Mobility in Maasailand". She will receive the award at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, DC, in November.
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September 24, 2007 |
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Local Antarctica scientists celebrate the International Polar Year
The lecture series, free and open to the public, is sponsored by Colorado State's Department of Biology, the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and the Fort Collins Public Library.
Each lecture will feature a scientist from the Front Range who has based much of his or her career on research in Antarctica.
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September 23, 2007 |
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Antarctic marine and terrestrial ecosystem scientists meet at NREL
Colorado State University researcher Diana Wall, who has spent 15 field seasons in Antarctica, is hosting the first meeting of 25 U.S. Antarctic researchers working at the two Antarctic Long Term Ecological Network, or LTER, research sites. The meeting will be held Sept. 24 at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State.
The Antarctica research experts will address how ocean and terrestrial ecosystems are responding to climate change and other global changes. They will discuss how a majority of the marine salts influence salinity of soils in Antarctica and therefore have a direct impact on the distribution of soil, fauna and flora.
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