Celia Llopis-Jepsen

1 week ago | cjonline.com | Celia Llopis-Jepsen

The Trump administration paused $38 million in funding for research aimed at reducing nitrogen fertilizer use in biofuel crops. The research sought to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce farmer costs, and decrease reliance on imported fertilizer. The paused projects included developing new crop varieties and exploring alternative fertilization methods.

1 week ago | kcur.org | Celia Llopis-Jepsen

The U.S. Department of Energy had a vision: Slash in half the amount of a potent greenhouse gas that enters the atmosphere when growing corn and sorghum for biofuel. That gas — nitrous oxide — mostly comes from spraying chemical fertilizer onto fields. So in practice, achieving the agency’s goal meant figuring out how to grow those crops with dramatically less nitrogen fertilizer, but without cutting into harvests.

2 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | Celia Llopis-Jepsen

A new report from Bird Safe KC gives a peek into one of the top challenges that birds must navigate during their spring and fall migrations through the metropolitan area — windows. Over the past six years, dozens of volunteers have checked buildings in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and other areas for birds that die after hitting glass. They’ve tallied nearly 1,900 carcasses — a small sample of what scientists say is a much larger problem.

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Buildings and light pollution pose deadly threat to migrating birds. Here's how you can helpApril 24, 2025Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News ServiceSpring migration can be a deadly journey for billions of birds as they travel north. Several cities in the Midwest create an especially deadly path for birds where light pollution and buildings confuse them. Some people are now hoping to replicate a model in Chicago, where bird building collisions drastically declined thanks to a simple solution.

3 weeks ago | kcur.org | Celia Llopis-Jepsen

A new report from Bird Safe KC gives a peek into one of the top challenges that birds must navigate during their spring and fall migrations through the metropolitan area — windows. Over the past six years, dozens of volunteers have checked buildings in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and other areas for birds that die after hitting glass. They’ve tallied nearly 1,900 carcasses — a small sample of what scientists say is a much larger problem.