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This Year's Snow Drought is Etching Itself Into Utah Forest History
Trees in the West are remarkably flexible, but even so, this year's snow drought is going to leave a mark.
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USU to Host Discussion on Climate Anxiety, Character Education, Resilience
A series of workshops at Utah State University will center on higher education's role in preparing students for life…
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Sustainable Green Spaces Discussed at Research Landscapes Presentation
On Nov. 13, USU's Kelly Kopp presented the early findings of her ongoing research project at Green Spaces for the…
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USU Lab Contributes to New Documentary on Findings Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
A new documentary shows how USU researchers are helping determine when life last existed where the Greenland Ice…
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Melting Mountains: New Research Reveals Rapid Shrinking of Mount Rainier, Other Ice-Capped Peaks
But newly published research documents that ice-capped summits like Mount Rainier are changing — melting — faster…
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Slow Hazard: USU Peak Undergrad Research Fellow Uses Data Science to Protect Life, Property
Hannah Fluckiger condenses reams of hourly wind data to construct an improved snow drifting prediction model to…
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Tortoise and Hare: Research Offers Framework for Fast and Slow Responses to Climate Change
New research led by USU ecologists offers a new framework to anticipate impacts of climate change on ecosystems, with…
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Study Finds Sudden Weather Whiplash Events on the Rise
A new study finds that "rapid temperature flips," where temperatures shift abruptly from extreme heat to extreme cold…
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No Clear Winners: New Research Shows How Arctic Plants Are Responding to Warmer World
A massive new study published in Nature shows that while warming is certainly reshaping vegetation across the polar…
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Can AI Tell Rain From Snow? USU Researchers Find Key Limitations
Predicting whether it will rain or snow during near-freezing temps is the sort of "big data" problem that AI tools…
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Water Research to Operations: USU's Role in a National Consortium
CIROH is a national consortium of 28 institutions — including USU — committed to advancing water prediction and…
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USU Sociology Professors to be Published in 6th National Climate Assessment
Two Utah State University faculty will contribute to the 6th National Climate Assessment.