Research
Virtual Visit Request info Apply
MENUMENU
  • Office of the Vice President
    • Vision and Mission
    • RCA Awards
    • Staff Directory
  • Office of Sponsored Projects
  • Funding
    • Overview
    • TRIF
  • Safety & Compliance
    • Overview
    • Environmental Health and Safety
    • Animal Care
    • Human Research Protection Program
    • Research Integrity
    • Export Control
    • NAUS Culture of Safety
    • Policies
  • NAU Innovations
  • About
    • Services and Facilities
  • Research News
  • Events
  • NAU
  • Research
  • Scientists partner with Indigenous communities to study effects of climate change and human development on Arctic caribou

Scott Goetz

Scientists partner with Indigenous communities to study effects of climate change and human development on Arctic caribou

Posted by Heather Tate on October 11, 2021

Project will help train the next generation of Arctic scientists in wildlife ecology, environmental informatics, natural resource management and social science

Logan Berner doing research in the field Wild caribou are the single most important land-based species for both human communities and ecosystems in the Arctic. Abundant across the polar region, these animals play an essential role both as herbivores that impact tundra vegetation and as an important source of food to… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU’s Kaufman lead author on IPCC global climate change report

Posted by Heather Tate on August 9, 2021

Team of NAU paleoclimatologists contribute to major report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, forming scientific underpinnings for negotiations to limit carbon emissions worldwide

Darrell Kaufman in lab
NAU Regents’ Professor Darrell Kaufman examines a lake sediment core he and his students recently collected from central Alaska.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) has just released its latest major assessment report on global climate change, approved by the world’s… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Drought affects aspen survival decades later, new NAU study finds

Posted by Heather Tate on June 25, 2021

Drought—even in a single year—can leave aspen more vulnerable to insect infestation and other stressors decades later, a new study by NAU researchers found. Aspen trees that were not resilient to drought stayed smaller than others, growing more slowly and succumbing to an outbreak of insects known as aspen leaf miners that have plagued interior Alaska for more than two decades.

The findings, led by research specialist Melissa Boyd and Regents’ professor Michelle Mack of the Center for Ecosystem Science… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Seven new Regents’ professors showcase NAU’s research and scholarly excellence

Posted by Heather Tate on April 15, 2021

Collage of Scott Goetz, Björn Krondorfer, Yiqi Luo, Michelle Mack, Ted Schuur, Miguel José YacamánAt President Rita Cheng’s recommendation, the Arizona Board of Regents on Friday approved seven Northern Arizona University professors to be promoted to the rank of Regents’ professor, the highest rank a faculty member can achieve.

The professors are Scott Goetz, School of Informatics, Computing, and… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Arts and Letters, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest, new study finds

Posted by Heather Tate on October 13, 2020

IllustrationAs climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires in the North American boreal forest, being able to calculate how much carbon each fire burns grows more urgent. New research led by Northern Arizona University and published this week in Nature Climate Change suggests that how… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU global change ecologist leads NASA satellite study of rapid greening across Arctic tundra

Posted by Heather Tate on September 22, 2020

Berner Arctic Greening illustrationAs Arctic summers warm, Earth’s northern landscapes are changing. Using satellite images to track global tundra ecosystems over decades, a team of researchers finds the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant growth.

“The Arctic tundra is one of the coldest biomes on Earth, and it’s also one of the most rapidly warming,” said Logan Berner, assistant research professor with Northern Arizona… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Next

Categories

Tags

Alaska Arctic Arizona Arizona State University astronomy atmosphere bacteria Ben Ruddell Bruce Hungate carbon Christopher Edwards climate change coronavirus COVID-19 COVID-19 research data David Trilling DNA ecology ecosystem ecosystems environment Greg Caporaso Julie Baldwin Kevin Gurney Mars Michelle Mack microbes NASA National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation Navajo Nation Northern Arizona University pandemic Pathogen and Microbiome Institute Paul Keim public health research scientists Scott Goetz soil solar system STEM Ted Schuur TGen

Archives

Boundless Impact
Location
Room - 4th floor, Building 20
Science Annex
525 S Beaver Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4087
Mailing Address
PO Box 4087
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4087
Contact Form
Email
ovpr@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-4340
Social Media
Visit us on Twitter Facebook LinkedIn