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2 months ago | 
aaas.org | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
“That’s when I found the AAAS fellowship,” he said. As a fellow in the NSF’s Division of Graduate Education, Bixenmann helped develop and launch the Graduate Research Internship Program (now the INTERN program), which provides graduate students the opportunity to experience non-academic careers.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
dri.edu | Diana Setterberg |Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Reno, Nev. (January 15, 2025) – DRI scientists Joe McConnell and Nathan Chellman co-authored a new study that examines a 6,000-year-old forest preserved in a Rocky Mountain ice patch. The research, which was led by the USGS and Montana State University, used the fossil wood to develop tree-ring based temperature estimates of the mid-Holocene period.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dri.edu | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Reno, Nev. (Jan. 6th, 2025) – Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. DRI scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice cores to identify periods of lead pollution throughout the Roman Empire, and now new research expands on this finding to identify how this pollution may have affected the European population. The study, published Jan.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
dri.edu | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Reno,Nev.(December3,2024)– New research builds on scientific understanding of how air pollution and cancer risk are distributed throughout the U.S. Air pollution, often resulting from industrial or vehicle emissions, can travel for hundreds of miles and impact the health of communities through higher rates of asthma, respiratory infections, stroke, and lung cancer.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
aaas.org | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
A rapidly changing climate and growing human population are posing challenges for water resources and biodiversity across the globe. Two STPF alumni are using their scientific expertise and passion for crafting informed policy to address these issues in novel ways, from Arizona to Colombia. Federico Prado (2010-12 fellow at NSF; 2012-14 fellow at USAID) is a freelance consultant working on issues related to biodiversity, conservation biology, invasive species and climate change.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Drought is a widespread concern in the Western U.S., and water managers across the region are developing groundwater management plans to conserve the essential resource. Groundwater is often pumped to the surface to irrigate crops, and meters that measure the flow of pumped water have historically offered the best information on groundwater use.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Climate change is fueling more severe storms and floods, droughts and fires, and communities around the world are grappling with how to prepare. Emergency managers regularly meet to examine possible disasters and discuss preparations and responses for protecting the public, but often default to using past disasters as examples. This fails to capture the extent of potential damage from future weather extremes.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
aaas.org | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
After an aquarium internship, she went to UCSB to study marine chemistry before going on to a PhD and postdoc in chemical oceanography. When she found herself working on ocean policy during the fellowship, she thought it was a “really fun full circle development as a scientist – and I still get to take pictures sometimes.”Phillips had her eye on the STPF fellowship for years before applying. “I really loved the science I was doing,” Phillips says.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
dri.edu | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Reno, Nev. (July 17, 2024) – Where hidden water tables meet the Earth’s surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act like water savings accounts that can support ecosystems with the moisture required to survive, even as precipitation dwindles.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
dri.edu | Elyse DEFRANCO |Elyse DeFranco
Reno, Nev. (July 10, 2024) – The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the discovery is gaining insight into the past climate of Earth’s neighbor: was the planet warm and wet, with seas and rivers much like those found on our own planet? Or was it frigid and icy, and therefore potentially less prone to supporting life as we know it?
