A frozen landscape of research

During the fourth International Polar Year of 2007-2009, thousands of scientists from more than 60 countries are conducting more than 200 expeditions or projects on physical, biological, and social issues in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Liston joins CSU scientists and faculty who conduct International Polar Year related research in other areas including Diana Wall, Edward Ayres, John Moore, Breana Simmons, and Matthew Wallenstein from the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Shane Kanatous, Department of Biology; and Ken Reardon, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. "The research being done at the poles will advance our understanding as to how these frigid ecosystems are tied to our lives and how their climate and hydrology affect the world," Wall says.

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Scientists develope calculating tool for farmers to use

CSU scientists will develop a baseline compilation of land use and management practices relevant to greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration throughout the state. A calculating tool will be developed for farmers to use in evaluating alternative cropping practices and assessing greenhouse gas mitigation benefits on their land....

"We want to get people involved at the grassroots level in the design of the state-level assessment and receive feedback about the online decision tool that we are developing. Ultimately we want to work collectively with the agricultural industry to come up with a mitigation system that will realistically work for them and the State," said Keith Paustian, also a senior research scientist at the university's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory.

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