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Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study finds

Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study finds

by ecos | Apr 15, 2021 | By Kate Petersen, News & Events

More severe and frequent fires in the Alaskan boreal forest are releasing vast stores of carbon and nitrogen from burned trees and soil into the atmosphere, a trend that could accelerate climate warming. But new research published this week in the journal Science...
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds

Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds

by ecos | Jan 13, 2021 | By Kate Petersen, Featured, News & Events, Uncategorized

Earth’s ability to absorb nearly a third of human-caused carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study in Science Advances by researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) and...
Ecoss presents at virtual #AGU2020

Ecoss presents at virtual #AGU2020

by ecos | Dec 7, 2020 | By Kate Petersen, News & Events, Uncategorized

Many Ecoss researchers are presenting at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union taking place online Dec 1-17. Everyone who is registered for the meeting can join live online Q&As or view sessions and posters at anytime. Check out this...
Twenty universities, colleges convene to share best practices on “bumpy road” to carbon neutrality

Twenty universities, colleges convene to share best practices on “bumpy road” to carbon neutrality

by ecos | Nov 13, 2020 | By Kate Petersen, Featured, News & Events, Uncategorized

In a year in which global temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide records were broken, experts from 20 colleges and universities will gather virtually November 17-19, 2020 at Northern Arizona University to discuss why carbon reduction is critical to their...
Call for Applications: Graduate Students

Call for Applications: Graduate Students

by ecos | Sep 14, 2020 | Prospective Students, Uncategorized

PhD and MS positions in Ecosystem Ecology are available in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss) at Northern Arizona University. The Ecoss mission is to conduct high-impact, innovative research on ecosystems and how they respond to and shape...
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