Ice-free areas within the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica contain some of the oldest exposed soils on Earth and have been greatly modified by the advance and retreat of glaciers throughout the recent geologic past. However, despite generally biologically unfavorable conditions, …
Thursday, February 25, 2021 5-6:15pm Register HERE Globally, rangelands comprise the largest land use, estimated to cover about 25% of Earth's land surface. This makes them an essential resource for both maintaining environmental services like biodiversity conservation and as a …
Friday 2/26/21 at 3pm MT: On this episode of the SoGES Sustainability Happy Hour (SHH!) we’ll interview Tony Cheng, Professor in the Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship and Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University. …
Friday 3/12/21 at 3pm MT On this episode of the SoGES Sustainability Happy Hour (SHH!), we’ll interview Lynn Badia, Assistant Professor in the CSU Department of English and Research Lead at the CSU Energy Institute. Lynn’s research in literature, theory, …
"Microscopic legacies: 5 million years of isolation in Antarctica" Dr. Gemma Collins, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany Dr. Collins will talk about Antarctica’s largest year-round terrestrial animals: small, insect-like invertebrates (springtails). As ice has come and gone, the …
Register here As our planet warms, periods of extreme weather are expected to increase. While all weather extremes, such as flooding rains and heat waves, provide unique challenges, an increase in the occurrence of extreme, multi-year drought will have the …
3/26/21 at 3pm MT: On this episode of the SoGES Sustainability Happy Hour (SHH!), we’ll interview Aude Chesnais, a political ecologist and senior researcher for the Native Lands Advocacy Project, which releases land use, climate and agricultural data for US …
4/9/21 at 3pm MT: On this episode of the SoGES Sustainability Happy Hour (SHH!), we’ll interview Rob Schorr, Zoologist for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and Director of Climbers for Bat Conservation. Rob has worked at the Colorado Natural Heritage …
On this episode of the SoGES Sustainability Happy Hour (SHH!), we’ll interview Rekha Warrier, post-doctoral researcher at the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES). Rekha is currently working on a project helmed by SOGES research scientist Patrick Keys. The project …
"Dynamic Antarctica, More Than Just a Slab of Ice" Dr. Andrew Fountain, Professor of Geography and Geology, Portland State University Antarctica is a dynamic and, in places, a rapidly changing ice sheet with global implications for sea level rise. Subglacial …