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Plastic Planet: Tracking Pervasive Microplastics Across the Globe
The plastic straw discarded in 1980 hasn't disappeared; it has fragmented into pieces too small to see, and is…
LAND & ENVIRONMENT
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This Is the Year 2000: Aaron Swank
Utah State University's environmental engineering is a small major not because it is unpopular, but because it…
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Data Scientists Uncovering Genes that Protect Alfalfa against Salinity Stress
Salinity is a growing critical threat to soils, water quality and food production worldwide.
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USU Researchers Study Unique Groundwater Pathways in Logan Canyon
For those who live in snowy mountainous regions like the Wasatch Front, much of the water used for irrigation and…
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Sticks and Stones in Streams: National Focus on Simple Actions to Promote Self-Sustaining Solutions
Science News recently detailed how research from Joe Wheaton and a cadre of researchers from USU's Department of…
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Ask an Expert - April Gardening Checklist
April showers (and work in the garden) bring May flowers (and plants).
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Charles (Chuck) Hawkins Receives Award of Excellence from Society for Freshwater Science
With almost four decades at USU under his belt, Hawkins' research encompasses the gamut, from fundamental ecology to…
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Solar Tops USU's Gateway
The new Gateway Parking Terrace now marks the east entrance to Utah State University's Logan campus, just past Fine…
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Ask an Expert - When to Plant? That Is the Question
Determining when to plant a garden can be especially confusing in Utah's unpredictable, varied climate where…
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Total Meltdown: USU Geoscientist Says Greenland Ice Sheet Findings Sobering
Tammy Rittenour uses luminescence dating to analyze sediment samples from secret, Cold War-era military project.
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Exhibit at NHMU Offers Hands-On Access to Real Consequences of Watershed Decisions
Sarah Null and her colleagues, use art, interactive exhibits and accessible science to illustrate how decisions about…
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By Hook And By Creek. Persistence is Key.
Introduced trout have been stocked and now occur all over the world. They represent one of the greatest threats to…
