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$12.5M National Science Foundation grant for teacher development
 The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory is the lead institution of a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematics and Science Partnership program to create a dynamic teacher development program targeted at middle school and high school teachers in the STEM disciplines - science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The collaborative, CSU-led program spearheaded by John Moore, director of CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, will connect the environmental sciences research and education of partner universities and sites within the NSF-funded Long-Term Ecological Research, or LTER, network with K-12 science and math teachers in partner schools and districts. The focus will be on human-ecosystem interactions to develop culturally relevant ecology from scientific and educational perspectives.
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Some Guidelines for Helping Natural Resources Adapt to Climate Change
 Congratulation to Jill Baron and NREL Alum and colleague Chuluun Togtokh on their recent publications in IHDP Update (see Read more..) focusing on Mountainous Regions: Laboratories for Adaptation. An outstanding series of papers on human dimensions of coupled-natural human systems. IHDP Update 2.2008 see Some Guidelines for Helping Natural Resources Adapt to Climate Change, pg. 46
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Study shows nitrogen deposition in Europe and North America is cause for highly acidic soil
 Increasing levels of nitrogen deposition will push soils to a toxic level of acidification in which iron becomes more soluble and plant growth is reduced, according to a study published online in Nature Geoscience.
A long history of human-influenced nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture has left soils in the Western Tatra Mountains of Slovakia highly acidic.
The authors of a new study, including NREL and U.S. Geological Survey scientist Jill Baron, reveal that increasing the nitrogen load in the region triggers the release of soluble iron into alpine grassland soils. This iron release is indicative of extreme soil acidification, equivalent to conditions seen in soils after acid mine drainage.
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Study helps clarify role of soil microbes in global warming
 A new study by a team of scientists, including a Colorado State University researcher, shows that while the rate of decomposition increases for a brief period in response to warmer temperatures, elevated levels of decomposition don't persist.
"It is often said that in a handful of dirt, there are somewhere around 10,000 species and millions of individual bacteria and fungi," said study co-author Matthew Wallenstein, a research scientist at Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. "Our findings add to the understanding of how complex these systems are and the role they play in feedbacks associated with climate change."
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New School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State
 Colorado State University on Tuesday unveiled plans for the state's first School of Global Environmental Sustainability to streamline the university's internationally recognized environmental research and to prepare students for the growing "green" workforce.
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability is an umbrella organization that encompasses all environmental education and research at the university. World-leading environmental researcher Diana Wall will serve as founding director of the school. Over the next year, Wall will form advisory committees to help create curriculum and programs for the school, which could start offering new courses as early as 2010.
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