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Home | 2017 | February 2017

Archives for February 2017

A day in the field with an American in Botswana: Bonnie McGill

02.27.17

I’m Bonnie McGill, a KBS PhD student doing a USAID Borlaug fellowship in Botswana. The goal of my research is to determine the source of nitrate in a contaminated aquifer in Ramotswa, Botswana, and how the groundwater chemistry changes ... Read More

What do professors do on sabbatical?: Steve Hamilton

02.22.17

This year I am doing my third sabbatical, based at Oregon State University in Corvallis. I have found that people often have an incorrect impression that a sabbatical is basically a vacation for professors. It’s not a vacation, but it is a ... Read More

Bacteria give us the dirt on the soil environment: Heather Kittredge

02.14.17

  My aching arms finally pulled up the last soil core of the day.  Dusk had come sooner than expected, and the transparent warming chambers I was working in quickly transformed into ominous black boxes that faded into the ... Read More

Gary Mittelbach at the Pond Lab research site at KBS

Mittelbach receives MSU’s William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award

02.09.17

Congratulations to KBS faculty member Gary Mittelbach on receiving the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award on February 7, 2017. Mittelbach is an internationally recognized ecologist whose research has contributed novel and lasting ... Read More

Painting with phytoplankton cultures and Michigan sunsets: Clare Harper

02.06.17

A Day in the Life of an REU Each day my alarm went off at 7:30AM. I headed to McCrary dining hall for a nice breakfast and then to my lab. I met with my mentor to solidify the plan for the day, made some notes in my research notebook, and ... Read More

Climate change lesson plans: Exploring the evidence

02.03.17

Climate change is a real phenomenon we can observe. And human activities are the dominant force behind it. Any attempt to obfuscate this reality is politically motivated and is not supported by unequivocal scientific evidence. Here we ... Read More

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