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KBS LTER researchers find way for farmers to participate in carbon markets
Via MSU News, news.msu.edu EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University have helped develop a way for farmers to participate in carbon markets and get paid to reduce their use of...
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Great Lakes farmers could earn credits for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Corn on the KBS LTER.KBS LTER research was featured today in the Great Lakes Echo. “Great Lakes farmers who cut their fertilizer use could help reduce greenhouse gases. And if done through a new...
View ArticleGuest blogger Bill Krasean on climate
Contributed by Bill Krasean If computer models of changing climate are accurate — and they get better all the time — Michigan’s weather in less than a century may be similar to Oklahoma’s today. With...
View ArticleJob Opening – Postdoc in Terrestrial Ecohydrology
The DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC; www.glbrc.org) has a postdoctoral opening at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station for research on the environmental...
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Undergraduates conduct biofuel sustainability research at KBS
REUs Tamira Vojnar (left) and Cait Gallagher (right) sampling in the biofuels experiment; photo credit Liz VandenHeede Cait Gallagher and Tamira Vojnar had the unique experience of gaining hands-on...
View ArticleJob Opening – Postdoc in Landscape Ecology & Ecosystem Science
A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available at the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Science (LEES) Lab in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo. This position...
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KBS LTER and Malawi partnership addresses food security
Placid Mpeketula in a mixed cropping field of corn and beans in Malawi. Photo credit: C. Mpeketula The W.K Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research (KBS LTER) program of Michigan State...
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New tools to measure greenhouse gases
KBS LTER volunteer and retired journalist Bill Krasean reports on new tools we are using to measure greenhouse gases from agricultural lands. His piece was published today in the National LTER...
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Gi-normous global issues, one little person, and a community of collaboration
Our congratulations to Bonnie McGill, KBS LTER graduate student, who was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. We’ve asked Bonnie to write a blog post about...
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CO2 flux towers help assess the sustainability of biofuels
This news piece by KBS LTER volunteer and retired journalist Bill Krasean. One of seven carbon dioxide flux towers at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station that help scientists assess the sustainability of...
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“Cream of the crop”– LTER research in FUTURES magazine
KBS LTER graduate student Christine Sprunger working with soil samples in the lab. KBS LTER scientists were recently featured in the latest issue of MSU’s AgBioResearch FUTURES magazine. The article...
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Insect vacuum on the KBS LTER helps serve as an early warning system
By Bill Krasean, retired journalist and KBS LTER volunteer The insect vacuum on the Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research (KBS LTER) site. Photo credit: Bill Krasean, KBS LTER...
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Fertilizing to help the planet
Nitrogen fertilizer application to corn on the KBS LTER Resource Gradient Experiment; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University This news piece by KBS LTER volunteer and retired journalist Bill...
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Soil is life – let’s keep it healthy! Reflections from an undergrad researcher
Each summer the KBS LTER supports students to participate in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation. This is part of a larger undergraduate...
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Mud matters: reflections from a KBS LTER grad
Each year the KBS LTER program awards two graduate students with summer research fellowships. Here Dustin Kincaid describes the research his summer fellowship supported. Dustin is a Ph.D. student in...
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Paradigm shifts: Re-envisioning agricultural landscapes to optimize ecosystem...
In 2013, the United Nations released a report projecting that the global population will reach 9.6 billion by the year 2050. This increase of 2.4 billion people between now and then is already...
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KBS LTER synthesis book published
As spring approaches, thousands of farmers across the Midwest are preparing for planting, knowing well the importance of their work in supplying society with food. They may be less aware of the...
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A new approach to soil testing for Michigan farmers: from inputs to...
Each year the KBS LTER program awards two graduate students with summer research fellowships. Here Brendan O’Neill describes the research his summer fellowship supported. Brendan is a Ph.D. student in...
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Generosity of local farmer creates national impact
Harold and Edythe Marshall’s gift of their 300-acre farm to Michigan State University has been a major boon to understanding the ecology of new biofuel crops, producing research results with national...
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The surprising connection between neonicotinoids, soybean aphid, and invasive...
This post explores a new paper by KBS LTER scientists Drs. Christie Bahlai and Doug Landis, Shifts in dynamic regime of an invasive lady beetle are linked to the invasion and insecticidal management of...
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