IN THE NEWS:
2024
Jesse Nippert was the guest on episode #104 of the Smart Water Solutions podcast!.
Sarah Smarsh has a new article discussing threats of woody encroachment in the Kansas in Orion Magazine
Our article "Shrub Encroachment Alters Water Cycling with Long-term Consequences for Tallgrass Prairie" is in the 2024 summer issue of the Missouri Prairie Journal (page 14-18).
Great article and Podcast led by Celia Llopis-Jepsen from Kansas Public Radio covering our work on Prairie Woody Encroachment.
K-State Research Office Profile of Nippert's Konza work.
2022
Konza Prairie LTER data shows how bison increase the resilience and diversity of tallgrass prairie (Ratajczak et al. 2022, PNAS).
Great press from National Geographic
2021
Emily's paper in AoBP was selected as the editor's choice for September 2021!
K-State Press release on Phys-Fest 3! - https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement/?id=76074.
2020
2019
2018
DOE press release on our new Biological and Environmental Research grant to study carbon cycle science in tallgrass prairie:
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-15-million-ecosystem-and-climate-modeling-research
KSU press release on our DOE carbon cycle science grant:
https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=43868
Jesse was invited by the Grassland Heritage Foundation to speak on Climate Change and the tallgrass prairie on Nov 7 2018. This presentation was recorded and broadcast by the Kansas City Radio Station -- KKFI 90.1 on "EcoRadio KC". The podcast is available here: http://www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/climate-change-tall-grass-prairie/
Jesse was a guest speaker on the KCUR [NPR Kansas City Affiliate] program "Up to Date" on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018:
Archived podcast of the program available here:
https://www.kcur.org/post/seg-1-climate-change-kansas-range-seg-2-tragic-traverse-across-antarctica
2015
PHYS-Fest is on for summer 2016 -- details and information HERE
Rolling Stone article on Climate-change AMA
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/5-things-we-learned-from-the-point-of-no-return-climate-solutions-ama-20150814
2013
NSF press release on our Dimensions of Biodiversity grant:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=129242
Press releases on our PNAS article with Richard Thomas at WVU looking at changes in juniper growth following pollution abatement by the Clean Air Act:
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/sept13/nippert9213.html
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/clean-air-act-was-boon-to-appalachian-forests/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=trees-write-air-pollution-record-in-13-09-08
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/05/using-the-clean-air-act-to-regulate-carbon-emissions/
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/red-cedar-trees-rebounded-after-clean-air-act-8C11061090
2012
Press release on Gracie's REU fellowship in Costa Rica
http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=4142&category=noteworthy&referredBy=email
K-State press release on Gracie's nomination for a Goldwater Fellowship!
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb12/goldwaternoms21512.html
NSF News Release on our paper with Joe Craine exploring the the timing of climate variability (ie, critical climate periods) as drivers of ecosytem productivity.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123134&org=NSF&from=news
2011
Podcast on our KONZA research and Zak's ECOSPHERE paper
http://www.esa.org/fieldtalk/?p=224
http://www.esa.org/esablog/field/tallgrass-prairie-the-invasion-of-the-woody-shrubs/
Zak won a 2011 J.E. Weaver grant from the Nature Conservancy
Undergrad research (Gracie & Teall) in the plant ecophys lab
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb11/labtechs21511.html
2010
Kansa Prairie Site in the Topeka 501 School District
http://cjonline.com/news/education/2010-09-05/usd_501_eyes_science_grant#.Tupr4_Kiv3A
Profile of Rachel Wieme's REU experience:
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/aug10/reubiology80410.html