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...
Eugene Kelly, a soil scientist with a decades-long career in agriculture, urbanization, and climate change, has been appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to a three-year term as chair of the U.S. National Committee for Soil...
A permafrost research site in Sweden. The boardwalk is submerged due to permafrost thaw flooding. Image courtesy of Nicole Raab. As the planet has warmed, scientists have long been concerned about the potential for harmful greenhouse gasses to seep out of thawing...
Editor’s note: This story was adapted from a press release originally published by Stanford University. The huge, long-lasting wildfires that have become increasingly common in recent years can cause changes in soil chemistry that affect water contamination, air...
On Thursday, May 2, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station celebrated the annual CAS/AES Awards to celebrate employees and students for their outstanding accomplishments over the last year. Nutrien Faculty Scholars As part of...
A sorghum field in Africa. Photo courtesy of Alberto Miti. There’s an empty grain sack emblazoned with a logo from a Senegalese farm cooperative tacked to the wall in Geoff Morris’ Colorado State University office. Morris, an associate professor of crop quantitative...
