A national team led by Rezaul Mahmood, new director of the High Plains Regional Climate Center, is studying potential links between irrigation, cloud formation and rainfall. The results of the NSF-study will be used to better inform agricultural planning and weather forecasting. Continue reading…
A record number of University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty have been named Fulbright scholars during the 2018-19 academic year. Cory Forbes, science literacy professor, is among them. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska system ranked among the top 100 academic institutions worldwide in earning U.S. patents during 2017. SNR's Steve Comfort may be among those who help the university stay ranked in 2018, having earned a patent with AirLift Environmental in March. Continue reading…
So far in 2018, seven weather stations have been added to the Nebraska Mesonet operated out of the Nebraska State Climate Office. The total is more than have been installed in a year since 2004, and an eighth is likely to be installed by the end of summer. Continue reading…
When the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium at Schramm Park State Recreation Area near Greta, Nebraska, closed for renovations in May 2017, its 89-pound snapping turtle needed a temporary home. For a little more than a year, he’s found it in Dennis Ferraro's herpetology lab. Continue reading…
Students in the School of Natural Resources partnered up with those from South Dakota State University for a tree climbing exercise during the spring 2018 semester. The event highlights one of the strengths of growing a forestry major. Continue reading…
Recent awards and honors were earned by SNR students Nolan Watkins, Kelly Willemssens, Robert Schroeder and Bryan Peterson and by SNR professor Mike Hayes, climatologist and former director of the National Drought Mitigation Center. Continue reading…
Dr. Ronald Case, professor emeriti at the School of Natural Resources, was awarded the University of Nebraska Alumni Association’s Doc Elliot Award in late spring. Continue reading…