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Climate Communication Insights from Cooperative Extension Professionals

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by Scott Hershberger In addition to research and education, U.S. land-grant universities have a third mission: bringing the institutionโ€™s research and resources into its stateโ€™s communities. The Cooperative Extension Service fulfills this mission, with a presence in nearly all of the countryโ€™s 3,000 counties. Extension professionals provide their local communities with timely, geographically specific scientific … Continue reading Climate Communication Insights from Cooperative Extension Professionals

Balancing Act: Navigating Environmental Considerations For Renewable Energy Development

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by Claire Burch Balancing Act: Navigating Environmental Considerations For Renewable Energy Development Nestled in central Kansas is Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, a key stopover point for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl in the United States. It is one of only 41 "Wetlands of International Importance" in the United States, which is a designation that protects rare, … Continue reading Balancing Act: Navigating Environmental Considerations For Renewable Energy Development

โ€˜Andโ€ฆ Weโ€™re Live!โ€™: Behind the Scenes of Severe Weather Coverage

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by Victoria A. Johnson When severe weather strikes, receiving accurate and timely information can be the difference between life and death. For many people, their local broadcast meteorologist plays a critical role in this process, helping audiences stay safe by providing them with the information needed to make informed decisions about what to do and … Continue reading โ€˜Andโ€ฆ Weโ€™re Live!โ€™: Behind the Scenes of Severe Weather Coverage

Augmented reality: How does it impact equality in education?

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Trey Lee While the act of learning is commonly associated with classrooms, recent years have seen educators searching for new ways outside of the classroom to engage with students and promote learning. This has become recognized as informal education. Informal learning experiences rarely focus on teaching specific knowledge and skills, but instead concentrate on trying … Continue reading Augmented reality: How does it impact equality in education?

What do climate models tell us about the future of ridges over the pacific northwest?

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Graham Taylor In mid-June of 2021, weather forecasters in the Pacific Northwest saw an extraordinary area of high pressure build in the upper atmosphere weeks out in weather models. Given the decaying accuracy of weather models more than a week or so in the future, this potentially record breaking feature was assumed to be part … Continue reading What do climate models tell us about the future of ridges over the pacific northwest?

What is the future of Tornado Outbreaks?

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by Paulina ฤ†wik โ€œI saw devastation. The town was just destroyed. This was the end of Brandenburg (Kentucky) as I knew itโ€ recalls Jane Willis after a violent tornado ravaged her hometown during a Super Tornado Outbreak of 1974 (โ€œWhen Weather Changed History โ€“ Super Outbreakโ€). In the United States, stories like Janeโ€™s echo almost … Continue reading What is the future of Tornado Outbreaks?

Getting the Most Bang For Your Conservation Buck

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OCT. 15, 2020 by TINA MOZELEWSKI Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Tina Mozelewski, a Ph.D. student in North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and 2018-2019 Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Global Change Research Fellow. This blog is reposted with permission from the Climate Impacts Blog hosted by … Continue reading Getting the Most Bang For Your Conservation Buck

The Future is Waiting, Just Around the Riverbend

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DEC. 13, 2018 THE EDITORIAL BOARD [MICHELLE STAUDINGER, ADRIENNE WOOTTEN, MEAGHAN GUCKIAN, EZRA MARKOWITZ, CLAY TUCKER, ELSITA KIEKEBUSCH, TONI KLEMM, LINDSEY MIDDLETON, CAIT ROTTLER] Photo credit:ย Interesting Pennsylvania and Beyond. In 2012, a group of bright- eyed students and post-docs gathered at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Blue River, Oregon, to learn about climate change, … Continue reading The Future is Waiting, Just Around the Riverbend