City planning experts from 13 cities across the Midwest recently gathered to talk climate extremes, variabilities, thresholds, risks and how they should utilize the information. The workshop brought together experts from the HPRCC, State Climate Office and Public Policy Center. Continue reading…
The Wind River Reservation Drought Preparedness Team recently earned an Honorable Mention Climate Adaptation Leadership Award. The project combines the expertise of those at 15 university-, tribal-, regional- and federal-level organizations, including the NDMC and HPRCC. Continue reading…
Jenny Dauer and Jamilynn Poletto, professors at the School of Natural Resources, both recently were featured on episodes of the student-produced Streaming Science, aired on soundcloud.com. The theme for the nine-episode series was Women in STEM.
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Six University of Nebraska researchers, including SNR's Mark Burbach, will join colleagues from three other institutions to develop a model for engaging communities and stakeholders to ensure adequate supplies of good-quality water both for and from agriculture. Continue reading…
The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute hosted its third annual Research Forum on May 11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus Union. Sixteen Nebraska students, five from SNR, provided presentations highlighting the impacts and outcomes of their research projects. Continue reading…
During the 2017 Water for Food Global Conference, University of Nebraska–Lincoln students filled the sunlit hallway of the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center to present infographics exploring various water issues as a part of “Water in Society,” a science literacy course. Continue reading…
Nebraska Extension and the Department of Entomology are offering a “BugMasters” volunteer program training for adults interested in learning more about insects. The event will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 12-13 at the East Union. Continue reading…
Two Nebraska researchers are conducting the first comprehensive analysis in more than 40 years of a massive 1930s New Deal project that proposed a “Great Wall of Trees” to slow the wind erosion that caused the Dust Bowl. Continue reading…