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 …
What do the new Presidential Administration and Congress mean for students, faculty, staff and the future of higher education? A very large Covid-19 bill has already been signed into law, and an even larger bill to address national infrastructure needs …
Save the date! Join SoGES and the One Health Institute for a series of three virtual workshop panels. Topics will include: 1) Anticipating change in vector-borne disease distribution; 2) Drought impacts on livestock production in rural communities; and 3) Forest …
Did you know that buildings play a huge role in the climate crisis? The Fort Collins climate action plan calls for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, with 35% of those reductions coming from buildings. This panel …