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Wintertime Stories: Gazing at the night sky

Jan 10, 2025 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab

Talking to Autumn Gilliard about her Southern Paiute family’s stories of the starsThe Science Moab TeamNot everyone looks at the night sky in the same way. Here, Science Moab talks with Autumn Gillard, the cultural resource manager for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, who shares her passion for the night sky influenced by her grandmother’s teachings.
A Day of Science in the Park

Nov 28, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab

Today’s show is part of a series exploring Science Moab’s School to Science Moab, connecting students with scientists in the field, the lab and beyond. This program began in 2021 and to date has mentored over 60 students from Grand County High School in the Student Career and Success Center.
Understanding Threats to Old Growth Ponderosa Pines

Oct 28, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab

Ray Mesa, near the La Sal mountains on the Colorado-Utah border is notable for its old-growth ponderosa pines (estimated to be several hundred years old) that are growing in cool drainages amongst pinyon-juniper woodlands. Recent ponderosa tree mortality raised concerns among land managers and Larissa Yocom, a fire ecologist at Utah State University, began exploring the potential causes of these deaths. Science Moab: Ray Mesa is east of the town of La Sal, near the Colorado-Utah border.
Collaboration for Preservation

Oct 24, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab

Eric Heller, Ben Bellorado, Noah PleshetScience Moab spoke with Eric Heller (University of Southern California), Ben Bellarado (University of New Brunswick), and Noah Pleshet (Arizona State Museum) about the intersection of science, art, and ethnographic interviews that come together to create a virtual reality platform in which to experience sacred sites in Southeast Utah. Science Moab: Can you describe the Bears Ears Digital Cultural Heritage Initiative (BEDCHI) that you are all a part of?
Changing Food Webs

Sep 19, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab

Recently, Science Moab spoke with Moria Robinson, assistant professor of Biology at Utah State University, about plant and insect food webs. Changes in these food webs can be indicative of broader changes in climate. Science Moab: Can you begin by describing what it means for a food web to be healthy? Robinson: A lot of us probably learned about food webs in school, when we might have drawn out the relationships between different organisms and species that eat each other.
Living with Volcanoes on the Colorado Plateau

Aug 8, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab |Margaret Osborne

The Science Moab TeamVolcanologist Dr. Michael Ort studies explosive events, and is particularly interested in interactions between volcanoes and humans. Science Moab talks to Dr. Ort about his work as part of a team helping to reconstruct the timeline and human consequences of a cataclysmic eruption in northern Arizona about 1000 years ago. Science MoabLet’s set the scene for the San Francisco Volcanic Field—the present day San Francisco Peaks in the area of Flagstaff, Arizona.
A day at the Museum

Jul 4, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab |Margaret Osborne

The following is part of a series of stories from Science Moab’s School to Science program, which pairs students with scientist mentors in the field, the lab, and museums. School to Science launched in August 2021 and has now served almost 60 students from Grand County High School and the Grand County Student Career and Success Center.
Science Moab talks to ecophysiologist Drew Peltier about how trees “remember” climate

Jun 6, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab |Margaret Osborne

Here on the Colorado Plateau, old-growth juniper and pinyon pine trees can live for 1,000 years. Can these ancient trees remember things that happened to them years ago? Science Moab explored this enchanting question with Drew Peltier, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Drew is a tree ecophysiologist interested in how climate influences tree growth in our changing world. He does this by studying what he calls “memory” in trees.
Moab researcher featured in a short film about biocrust

May 16, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Science Moab |Margaret Osborne

Ecologist Dr. Kristina Young crouches down on a patch of slickrock somewhere in the Colorado Plateau, her nose about a foot away from the desert floor. She points to a patch of bumpy, black dirt. “Four different species of lichen here,” she says as piano music plays in the background.
Moab mountain bike champ, local high schooler Elisabeth Knight is cycling at an elite level!

May 9, 2024 | moabsunnews.com | Rachel Fixsen |Science Moab

Starting when she was a little kid, Moab local Elisabeth Knight knew she wanted to compete in the Olympics—even before she knew what sport she wanted to pursue. Now a junior at Grand County High School, Elisabeth is a rising star on the international mountain biking scene, and the Olympics seem within reach.