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Becca Cain, a junior environmental science major, and Jenny Goesch, a senior agricultural engineering major, pose with trays of lance-fruited oval sedges at the edge of a Lincoln pond on June 14.

Project aims to improve water quality of Lincoln ponds

August 12, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Trenton Franz with a neutron monitor. The sensors are housed in the box surrounded by lead bricks which is surrounded by plastic. The monitor sits in an unused lunchroom inside an old munitions building at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center (ENREEC) near Mead, Nebraska. Franz, associate professor Assoc Professor in the School of Natural Resources, is using neutron and cosmic ray detectors to see how solar radiation and solar energy such as those that caused Nebraksa t

Husker projects advance study of soil moisture, hydrology

July 2, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

A man and a woman plant a young tree while several people watch.

Galactic journey brings 'Moon Tree' to Nebraska U

June 6, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Judith Turk sits with a red bucket near exposed topsoil.

Turk investigating soil health over time, a key to climate resilience strategies

May 21, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Aaron Young, a survey geologist with the Conservation and Survey Division, performs maintenance on a water well.

Nebraska groundwater levels continue decline after prolonged drought

April 30, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska's Rick Bevins (left), associate vice chancellor for research and professor of psychology, and Tom Powers, professor of plant pathology, were named AAAS fellows on April 18.

Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows

April 18, 2024

Science & Technology

Troy Gilmore and Chris Terry work on a U.S. Geological Service camera.

Lab boosts understanding of water bodies, creates student opportunities

April 18, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Jamie Lahowetz stands in a clearing in front of trees.

Climate center's online tool strengthens understanding of wind trends

March 11, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

A man at a lectern speaks to about 20 people seated around tables.

Husker faculty, NASA pursue partnerships on Midwest climate resilience

March 6, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Deborah Bathke, interim state climatologist, talks during the Climate Resilient Communities Symposium.

Real-life experiences shape new Husker climate resilience strategy

February 28, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

Sandstone-capped fluvial ridge in the Goshen Hole area of eastern Wyoming

Husker scientists deepen understanding of ancient rivers

February 12, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Two side-by-side columns of text, one written formally and the other more accessibly

Contest helps students summarize theses, dissertations for lay public

January 29, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology