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Black-and-white photo of prairie with trees on right side

Great Plains Art Museum to open two photography exhibitions Sept. 2

August 23, 2022

Aerial photo of Nebraska farmland

Researchers gauging farmer attitudes about targeted conservation

August 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Water flowing in a stream

Researchers tracking fertilizer runoff in streams

August 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Aerial photo of Niobrara River

University providing educational materials about Niobrara

August 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Rezaul Mahmood (left), co-leader of the GRAINEX project, talks with a student and co-leader Eric Rappin (right) of Western Kentucky University.

Project strengthens understanding of irrigation’s effects on Great Plains weather

August 18, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

A soybean plant grows in a dry ground in Landcaster County, NE.

Drought center kicks off $1 million defense project to predict unrest

July 11, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

A research paper by Trenton Franz, associate professor of hydrogeophysics at Nebraska, and co-authors points to an innovative irrigation approach that could decrease water use while increasing producer profitability.

Husker researchers develop tool to make irrigation more efficient

March 8, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Steven Thomas, a professor of river and stream ecology at UNL, was part of an international, interdisciplinary research team that spent four years working to understand how strategic planning can reduce the impact of hydropower development on the entire Amazon River basin. That reseach is the basis of a new article in Science. Thomas took this photo of Alex Flecker, left, and Suresh Suthi, both of Cornell University, on a visit to South America during the course of the research. Flecker, Suthi

Husker researcher plays key role in Amazon basin project

March 2, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

A new study led by Daren Redfearn, professor of agronomy and horticulture and forage systems specialist, is exploring whether a targeted restoration of perennial grasses amid cropland could bring about a variety of benefits.

Nebraska research studying benefits of grass restoration amid cropland

January 28, 2022

Craig Allen and Tala Awada

Husker ecologists forge international network focused on ag, climate resilience

October 18, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Senior Nebraska Mesonet technician Glen Roebke runs tests on a set of weather station barometers. A new sensor calibration lab has been developed by the Nebraska State Climate Office in Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources.

Nebraska State Climate Office develops weather sensor calibration lab

October 12, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Dennis Ferraro (left), professor of practice in Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources, has won the 2021 Conservation Education Award from The Wildlife Society.

Ferraro earns Wildlife Society's education award

July 27, 2021

Agriculture & Environment