Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to attend the annual SNR Fall Kickoff to the academic year Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Hardin Hall auditorium. Continue reading…
Not everyone will be able to be in the path of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21, but the Nebraska Mesonet doesn’t want anyone to miss out. In anticipation of the event, the office has launched a new website, eclipse.unl.edu, so people can participate in an electronic eclipse viewing of the event. Continue reading…
A new study by School of Natural Resources researchers shows that the endangered greater prairie-chicken pays little attention to small-scale wind energy infrastructure in choosing nesting sites, and grassland management and proximity to roads play a larger role in whether they survive. Continue reading…
As an increasing number of wind energy facilities are installed across the Great Plains, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are asking whether noise associated with developments is altering the acoustic environment to the point habits would be unsuitable for songbirds. Continue reading…
Stories featuring SNR faculty, staff and students below this point were released live to our website over the summer months. If you missed them, please go back and check out what you're colleagues accomplished. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has earned a five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship award to launch an interdisciplinary graduate training program focused on understanding resilience and vulnerability in agricultural landscapes. Continue reading…
Maps highlighting the effects of drought on six agricultural commodities across the continental U.S. became available in late May on a website hosted by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Continue reading…
National Drought Mitigation Center former director Mike Hayes and Director Mark Svoboda, both at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources, contributed to a recently released report by the European Union on disaster risk management. Continue reading…