Water is at the heart of agriculture. Every stage of the food-growing process depends on having reliable access to water. However, water levels are declining in many rivers and aquifers that function as key resources for agricultural producers, particularly in the...
Cache la Poudre River Rivers and streams serve as critical connectors across vast geographical landscapes, trickling out of tucked-away headwaters and snaking thousands of miles toward oceans and deep seas. These waterways directly impact human and environmental...
Toolik Lake Arctic research station in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Jason Stuckey.) Utilizing one of the longest-running ecosystem experiments in the Arctic, a Colorado State University-led team of researchers have developed a better understanding of the interplay among...
Much of the water in the West is transported across vast geographical areas by large infrastructure projects known as interbasin water transfers. Two of these projects in particular make up 85% of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions associated with U.S....
For the past year, Colorado State University Professor Kelly Wrighton has collaborated with a prestigious group of more than a dozen scientists on a national effort to examine the connections between soils and human health — an “understudied” topic that has important...
