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Cedar trees invading into grasslands from a windbreak in the Loess Canyons ecoregion. A new report suggests that the expansion of eastern redcedar into grasslands reduces grazing capacity.

Research: Eastern redcedar may affect School Land Trust

August 4, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Carla Schwan, a graduate student from Brazil, examines culture dishes of salmonella in a lab on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

Women in Science workshops to focus on mentorship

August 2, 2016

Heat dome to amplify summer swelter

July 19, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for July 8

July 8, 2016

Education Abroad draws record numbers

June 29, 2016

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 29

April 29, 2016

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 8

April 8, 2016

Milda Vaitkus, project manager in UNL's School of Natural Resources, runs the "Where's the Weather" booth during the 2014 Weatherfest. The 16th annual Weatherfest will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium will run from 1 to 4 p.m. April 16 at Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St.

Weatherfest, Severe Weather Symposium return to UNL April 16

March 30, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Photographers crowd the front of a boat during a tour of Prince William Sound and the Columbia Glacier in Alaska. A new report issued by UNL outlines how rapid warming in the Arctic is influencing weather effects in the central United States.

Report examines how changing Arctic weather impacts the Midwest

March 21, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

This test is used by researchers to determine the number of generic bacteria in soil samples. Recent UNL research has found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in Nebraska soils not grazed by livestock or inhabited by people, suggesting that antibiotic resistance also occurs naturally in the environment.

Naturally antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Nebraska prairies

February 17, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

A crew from Altendorf Harvesting works its way through a wheat field west of Grant, Neb. A new report issued by UNL shows that Nebraska must be proactive in developing a climate action plan.

UNL report: Nebraska must be proactive with climate action plan

February 3, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

David Wishart Portrait

Wishart to discuss 'Writing a Short Book on Plains Indians'

February 3, 2016