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Watering the Landscape with Less at USU
On an average summer day, the Utah State University Landscape Operations and Maintenance (LOAM) receives many calls…
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USUSA President Sami Ahmed Talks Carbon Dividends, Looks at Legacy Left Behind
In what will be one of his final acts as president of the USUSA, Sami Ahmed added his name to nine other student body…
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College of Engineering, This Is the Year 2000: Ben Damstedt
Ben Damstedt says that depth has never been his strength. In college he wanted to explore many different subjects.
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United States and Iranian Researchers Collaborate on Lake Urmia Restoration
In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold…
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This Is the Year 2000: Jen Thomas
Thomas works as an environmental engineer in groundwater and soil remediation and has spent most of her career with…
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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…
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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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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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'Best Case' Goals for Climate Warming Could Still Result in Massive Wildfire Risk
Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to pursue efforts to…
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USU Drives Down Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020
Innovative, practical solutions that support a thriving community are the basis for Utah State University's…
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New Research Injects Tough Dose of Reality for Future of the Colorado River
Today, scientists and water managers realize there is much less water available than once thought.
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Dousing the Flames: USU Investigates how Wildfires Impact Utah's Water Supply Reservoirs
USU researchers found that the predicted rate of water storage loss in Utah's reservoirs does not include sediment…