IN THE NEWS:
2025
Jesse was featured in a 4- part series in the Kansas Reflector discussing threats to rangeland sustainability in Kansas. The stories were written by Erin Socha.
Woody encroachment threatens Kansas' grasslands, but cattle ranchers are fighting back Red Hills rancher sets Kansas prairie ablaze to save it Flint Hills rancher works to restore biodiversity of imperiled Kansas tallgrass prairie ecosystems Smoky Valley Ranch provides exportable conservation model for Kansas cattle ranchers Jesse's work at the Konza Prairie was profiled in The Nature Conservancy 2025 Kansas Year in Review Jesse Nippert was the guest on episode #104 of the Smart Water Solutions podcast!. Sarah Smarsh has a new article discussing threats of woody encroachment in the Kansas in Orion Magazine Our article "Shrub Encroachment Alters Water Cycling with Long-term Consequences for Tallgrass Prairie" is in the 2024 summer issue of the Missouri Prairie Journal (page 14-18). Great article and Podcast led by Celia Llopis-Jepsen from Kansas Public Radio covering our work on Prairie Woody Encroachment. K-State Research Office Profile of Nippert's Konza work. Konza Prairie LTER data shows how bison increase the resilience and diversity of tallgrass prairie (Ratajczak et al. 2022, PNAS). Great press from National Geographic Emily's paper in AoBP was selected as the editor's choice for September 2021! K-State Press release on Phys-Fest 3! - https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement/?id=76074. 2019 2018 DOE press release on our new Biological and Environmental Research grant to study carbon cycle science in tallgrass prairie: KSU press release on our DOE carbon cycle science grant: Jesse was invited by the Grassland Heritage Foundation to speak on Climate Change and the tallgrass prairie on Nov 7 2018. This presentation was recorded and broadcast by the Kansas City Radio Station -- KKFI 90.1 on "EcoRadio KC". The podcast is available here: http://www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/climate-change-tall-grass-prairie/ Jesse was a guest speaker on the KCUR [NPR Kansas City Affiliate] program "Up to Date" on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018: PHYS-Fest is on for summer 2016 -- details and information HERE Rolling Stone article on Climate-change AMA 2013 NSF press release on our Dimensions of Biodiversity grant: Press releases on our PNAS article with Richard Thomas at WVU looking at changes in juniper growth following pollution abatement by the Clean Air Act: http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/sept13/nippert9213.html 2012 Press release on Gracie's REU fellowship in Costa Rica K-State press release on Gracie's nomination for a Goldwater Fellowship! NSF News Release on our paper with Joe Craine exploring the the timing of climate variability (ie, critical climate periods) as drivers of ecosytem productivity. 2011 Undergrad research (Gracie & Teall) in the plant ecophys lab 2010 Profile of Rachel Wieme's REU experience: 2024
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https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-15-million-ecosystem-and-climate-modeling-research
https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=43868
Archived podcast of the program available here:
https://www.kcur.org/post/seg-1-climate-change-kansas-range-seg-2-tragic-traverse-across-antarctica
2015
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/5-things-we-learned-from-the-point-of-no-return-climate-solutions-ama-20150814
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=129242
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/clean-air-act-was-boon-to-appalachian-forests/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=trees-write-air-pollution-record-in-13-09-08
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/05/using-the-clean-air-act-to-regulate-carbon-emissions/
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/red-cedar-trees-rebounded-after-clean-air-act-8C11061090
http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=4142&category=noteworthy&referredBy=email
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb12/goldwaternoms21512.html
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123134&org=NSF&from=news
Podcast on our KONZA research and Zak's ECOSPHERE paper
http://www.esa.org/fieldtalk/?p=224
http://www.esa.org/esablog/field/tallgrass-prairie-the-invasion-of-the-woody-shrubs/
Zak won a 2011 J.E. Weaver grant from the Nature Conservancy
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb11/labtechs21511.html
Kansa Prairie Site in the Topeka 501 School District
http://cjonline.com/news/education/2010-09-05/usd_501_eyes_science_grant#.Tupr4_Kiv3A
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/aug10/reubiology80410.html