Science communicator honored by AAAS
November 29, 2018
Sue Nichols becomes first Michigan science communicator to be elected a AAAS Fellow.
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New role for DNR employee strengthens university connection
Published on September 4, 2019
DNR Wildlife Chief Russ Mason's new role aims to further the DNR’s mission with universities and other key partners.
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Dr. Meredith Gore's podcast released with Human Dimensions in Conservation
Published on August 21, 2019
Poaching, trafficking, and illegal harvest are all terms used in discussing wildlife crime.
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Dr Meredith Gore's research highlighted in Nature Sustainability
Published on August 15, 2019
Dr. Gore and co-authors recently published an article in Nature Sustainability titled "Transnational environmental crime threatens sustainable development"
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Tariffs lead to creative supply chains
Published on August 5, 2019
MSU scholars apply a new, more holistic way to examine global agricultural trade to better understand what’s going on when a country as enormous as China develops a big appetite for soybeans.
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MSU and EPA researchers examine nutrients and aquatic plants in variety of water bodies
Published on July 15, 2019
A team of scientists from Michigan State University and the Environmental Protection Agency examined patterns of nutrients and aquatic plants in lakes, wetlands and streams. A paper on the project was published in the journal Ecological Applications.
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Feeling the burn: Wildfires increasingly threaten US lakes
Published on July 15, 2019
According to a team of scientists led by Ian McCullough, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University, U.S. lakes are facing a growing threat: wildfires.
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MSU researchers receive Chandler-Misener Award
Published on June 14, 2019
Three MSU researchers from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife are part of a team that has won the Chandler-Misener Award.
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Scientists defend headwater protections
Published on May 30, 2019
Scientists, including MSU's Dana Infante, rally to put science back at the forefront of the nation's revised protections of streams and their valuable ecosystems.
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Rajendra Bird Sanctuary inspires creation of new undergraduate course
Published on May 23, 2019
A new undergraduate course in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife explored the use of art as a way to communicate science, with a focus on promoting the Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary.
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Study scrutinizes global tourism’s push and pull
Published on May 21, 2019
Tourists have become international jetsetters, bringing the promise of prosperity, threats to the nature they come to experience and lots of questions about how to strike a balance. The key: What drives tourism?
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CANR names new leader of international programs
Published on May 20, 2019
Karim Maredia has been named a senior global scholar and the director of agriculture and natural resources international programs in the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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MSU F&W scientists contributors to UN sustainability report
Published on May 9, 2019
Two MSU sustainability scientists contributed to a landmark United Nations report which finds an unprecedented biodiversity loss, and calls for transformative changes to balance nature conservation and economic development.
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Grading conservation: Which reserves defend forests?
Published on May 7, 2019
Lands that shelter forests have value often readily tallied by developers, but until now it’s been more difficult to prove the success of protecting those forested lands in pursuit of sustainability. That can put conservationists on the defense.
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Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs
Published on April 30, 2019
Two papers by MSU scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output view of natural resources in favor of a way that better reflected how the world really works.
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CANR recognizes faculty and academic promotions
Published on April 19, 2019
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources annually recognizes faculty and academic promotions.
Liu named among most highly cited in global list
November 29, 2018
Jack Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, makes this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers - an acknowledgement of the power of cross-field research.