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Colorado Natural Heritage Program receives $7.8 million for biodiversity survey
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program at Colorado State University has received $7.8 million from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) to conduct a statewide survey of wildlife and natural resources. The survey will engage professional scientists and community members in collecting data on the state’s plants and animals in every county over the next five years.
CSU scientist leads half of USDA update to methods for measuring greenhouse gas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released updated methods to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners estimate greenhouse gas emissions on their land. Three of the federal report’s six chapters were authored by Colorado State University scientist Stephen Ogle, one of the world’s top experts in greenhouse gas inventories.
CSU’s Center for Protected Area Management supports the people supporting conservation around the world
Areas left undeveloped help to counteract climate change, but those spaces need caretakers. Colorado State University's Center for Protected Area Management provides training, resources and support for nature's caretakers.
Are mountains carbon dioxide sources or sinks? New study finds they can be both
A new study has found that mountains can be carbon dioxide sources or sinks and has identified the tipping point at which they switch from one to the other.
Apex predators not a quick fix for restoring ecosystems, 20-year CSU study finds
A 20-year experiment in Yellowstone has found that removal of apex predators including wolves from an ecosystem can create lasting changes that might not be reversed after they return.
New 66-million-year history of carbon dioxide offers little comfort for today
A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may be headed. The study covers geologic records spanning the past 66 million years, putting present-day concentrations into context with deep time.
Busy Beavers: Students collaborate and learn valuable skills by restoring nature
Collaborative partnerships between Colorado State University and local environmental organizations are vital to successful restoration projects. Ecological restoration aims to initiate or accelerate the recovery of an ecosystem that has been disturbed, often by phenomena like fire, flooding, damming rivers or over-grazing.
Study: Light pollution is luring birds to cities – and sometimes to their deaths
In the largest study of its kind, scientists used weather radar data to map bird stopover density in the United States and found that artificial light is a top indicator of where birds will land.
CSU faculty contribute to most comprehensive assessment of climate change in U.S.
Four Colorado State University faculty members co-authored chapters in the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a state-of-the-science, congressionally mandated report intended to inform decision-making.
The sound of injustice: Inequitable urban noise impacts people, wildlife
Colorado State University acoustic ecologists found that redlined, or marginalized, communities have more and louder urban noise, which has been linked to negative consequences for people and wildlife.