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On September 24, Rebecca Romsdahl conducted an invited workshop at the 55th annual international Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. Over fifty participants engaged in small group discussions about how climate change is framed in relation to various cultural, social, and political values. They also participated in a role-play exercise to think about […]

Where the bees are by, Patrick Miller Last week was the first time Paul Snyder, director of the UND Aerospace Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program, got a firsthand look at technology from Australia that could help North Dakota sunflower farmers increase production through a process known as precision pollination. Kate and David Lyall, co-founders of an […]

First test site visit for ESSP faculty Haochi Zheng and student Jiyang Zhang near Bismarck, ND.       The field trip is the first time to check the two sunflower fields that the Australian company, Bee Innovative, identified for the experiment and to meet with them. The ESSP Department is collaborating with the Departments […]

Framing the Green New Deal for Local Governance Rebecca Romsdahl,  July 16, 2019 Published in the “The Green New Deal: Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy” –  Public Administration Review, Bully Pulpit Symposium, (see number 10 in the listed commentaries) Summary: A vision for a more sustainable American future, titled The Green New Deal (GND), […]

Perfect trifecta By, Patrick Miller What do you get when you combine the top sunflower-producing state in the U.S. with the top state for honeybees and an innovative Australian startup company collaborating with the University of North Dakota, one of the nation’s leading universities for drone research and development? “It’s the perfect trifecta!” exclaimed Amy […]

The buoy system for measuring water quality and weather information was deployed in Devils Lake, North Dakota, yesterday, May 28 2019. This is the 8th season the buoy was deployed. This year again it will record data every 10 minutes and transmitted the data to a server every 30 minutes for public access at https://v2.wqdatalive.com/public/179. […]

UND’s Jeff VanLooy and Ph.D. candidate Lance DiAngelis featured in national public television doc on Rocky Mountain glaciers Part of the Rocky Mountains, the Wind River Range straddles the Continental Divide with over 60 glaciers. Researchers like UND professor Jeff VanLooy and Ph.D. candidate Lance DiAngelis visit the area to study the ice formations, a […]

Oceans of color By, Kaylee Cusack In the afternoon on a late November Thursday, it was Associate Professor Soizik Laguette’s duty to introduce a star faculty researcher from the UND Earth System Science & Policy department she chairs. She chose an ideal way to do so, addressing a question floating among the dozens of faculty, […]

Earth Week: Romsdahl revels in policy side of going green By, Jan Orvik Rebecca Romsdahl loves being outside. She’s channeled her love for the outdoors, a passion for making science useful, and the joy of teaching into national expertise. “I love working in the environmental field,” said Romsdahl, associate professor of Earth system science and […]

The buoy is deployed today in Devils Lake. This is the 7th year of continual deployment of the buoy. It was a short season last year as a storm broke the buoy free from its anchor and crushed it on the rocks by the shore. The new buoy now has two anchors, which we hope […]