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New Research Suggests California's Wildfires Cycle has Been Superseded by Global Warming
The dominant force driving wildfires in California for hundreds of years may no longer be the key factor in the…
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Decisions Downstream: Exhibit at Merrill-Cazier Library Offers Hands-On Look at Watersheds
The Decisions Downstream exhibit is open to the public and runs September 14 through December 8, 2021. It colorfully…
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When the Going Gets Tough: NSF Grant Awarded to Build Resilient Communities
It's been a rough couple of years for most communities in the Western U.S.—wildfire, drought and social unrest have…
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USU Students Helping the Monarch Butterfly in the Uintah Basin
USU students helped capture and tag monarch butterflies in the Uintah Basin region, looking to help track the animals…
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Hidden Allies Aid Survival of the West's Largest Trees
Most people are oblivious to the vast, interconnected network that underlies a forest floor, but it's a system that…
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Total Meltdown: USU Geoscientist Says Greenland Ice Sheet Findings Sobering
Tammy Rittenour uses luminescence dating to analyze sediment samples from secret, Cold War-era military project.
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Mountain Pine Beetles Show Resiliency to Warming Climates
In a recent Ecological Monographs article, David Soderberg, a doctoral candidate from Utah State University's Ecology…
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USU Biologist Uses Machine-Learning Approach to Track Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes
Using genetic and environmental data, Norah Saarman maps landscape connectivity in mosquitoes that are known vector…
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Arctic Stew: Understanding How High-Latitude Lakes Respond to and Affect Climate Change
New research from Soren Brothers details how lakes in Nunavut could have a big impact on carbon dioxide levels in the…
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USU Undergrad Researchers Study Where Sagebrush Grows - and Heals
Honors students David Suisse and Kayla Wasden Suisse are among Aggies presenting to state legislators Feb. 2.
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Climate Change, Criollo and the Colorado Plateau: Is an old Breed the Future for Cattle Ranching?
The Colorado Plateau, located in the western United States, is known for its stunning landscapes and wild-west ambiance.
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Climate Change and Public Lands: Can Scientists, Land Managers and Policy Makers Join Forces?
How is climate change affecting public lands and what are land management agencies doing about it?