HUMANnature is an evolving communications project of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability designed to aggregate and promote environmental science communication across the Colorado State University campus and beyond. The site is designed to provide a platform for students, faculty, research partners, and guests to communicate and discuss the pressing environmental, economic, and societal issues of sustainability and our future.
Towards marine conservation: life in oceans is not always a paradise
By Alejandro López-Cerón, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology
Stoking interest in climate change through science, place, and snowboarding movies
By Thomas Timberlake, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
When Algae Turns into “Too Much of a Good Thing”
By Whitney Beck, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Conventional air pollutants are anything but, and could be the key to climate change messaging
By Sheena Martenies, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Can recreation and wildlife conservation coexist?
By Courtney L. Larson, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Where are all these water pollutions coming from?! Identification and quantification of pollution sources within the watersheds
By Ali Tasdighi, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Statisticians thrive on the secret stories of numbers
By Joshua Hewitt, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Statistics
Dear Ecologists; Treat Landowners and Managers as Collaborators Instead of Red Tape
By Theresa Barosh, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Whose mess is this anyway? Understanding South Korea’s intercontinental air pollution problem
By Michael Link, 2018-2019 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Chemistry
Uncovering the infamous shroud over biological control
By Dhaval Vyas, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Rethinking wood in rivers to ensure ecological health and human safety
By Dan Scott, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Geosciences Picture a healthy river: one that is teeming with life, supporting an
Surviving Day Zero: What plants can teach us about enduring drought
By Ava Hoffman, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Just opposite the Rocky Mountains, the
Is forest bioenergy really a climate change solution?
By Tony Vorster, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Food for thought: Carbon
By Robert Griffin-Nolan, Sustainability Leadership Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Without photosynthesis, humans would not be here. Photosynthesis
The ‘alternative [true] facts’- Reasons even climate change skeptics should support renewable energy development
By Kerry Rippy, Sustainability Leadership Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of Chemistry If you’re reading the SoGES Human Nature blog, chances are you’re already a
Everyday experiences with particulate air pollution: Where there’s smoke, there’s…
By Jessica Tryner, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering It’s Labor Day, and I’m driving home from the
Shhh… reducing noise to save the voice of the natural world
By Rachel Buxton, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Imagine yourself in your favorite park,
Did climate change cause hurricane Harvey?
By Alexandra Naegele, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science This past summer, Hurricane Harvey rolled into west Texas
Can soil save us? Unearthing the new ‘4 per mille’ soil health initiative
By Erika Foster, a 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Poor management
Is the glass of orange juice half empty?
Written by Stephen Cohen, a 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management What’s more American than