https://qanr.usu.edu/wats/news/index.xmlhttps://templateresources.usu.edu/_resources/assets/images/U-State.pnghttps://qanr.usu.edu/en-usNewshttps://usustatesman.com/usus-natural-resources-camp-helps-students-break-barriers-and-sharpen-skills/The camp’s workshops include activities from all sorts of environmental fields. From wildfire management to eco-art, there are activities for everyone to enjoy, according to Starr. The workshops are directed by USU faculty as well as professionals from vaWednesday, 22 April 2026https://www.usu.edu/today/story/new-research-toxins-from-great-salt-lake-dust-absorbed-by-plants-soils-human-bodies/?nl=3067&utm_source=todaynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl3067&utm_content=new-research-toxins-from-great-salt-lake-dust-absorbed-by-plants-soils-human-bodiesShrinking water levels at the Great Salt Lake are not just about Utah’s water supply — they may pose serious risk to public health. Newly published research from a team at Utah State University documents the ways metal-laden dust from the drying lakebed mThursday, 9 April 2026https://www.kuer.org/science-environment/2026-03-31/utahs-snowpack-usually-peaks-right-about-now-instead-its-mostly-goneIn a week when the state’s snowpack typically peaks, Utah’s statewide average has dropped to 3 inches — just 21% of normal. “The conditions are unprecedented,” said Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University. Tuesday, 31 March 2026https://www.usu.edu/today/story/new-usu-lab-space-opens-inside-loveland-living-planet-aquarium/The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah, recently celebrated the grand opening of the Sam & Aline Skaggs Science Learning Center, including lab and classroom space dedicated specifically for Utah State University students.Wednesday, 25 February 2026https://www.usu.edu/today/story/fluvial-fingerprints-major-new-database-tracks-sediment-across-mississippi-river-basinSediment fingerprinting is a way to measure and identify sources of sediment in waterways. It defines unique physical and chemical tracers in sediment samples and matches them to specific locations upstream. Although smaller-scale efforts to track sedimenFriday, 19 December 2025https://www.kuer.org/science-environment/2025-11-20/utah-has-county-by-county-water-goals-is-your-county-hitting-themTo meet a statewide conservation goal of 16%, the decade-long effort aims to reduce the water used in homes, schools and businesses. Individual targets were set for each county to make it happen. Farm irrigation isn’t part of it — there are other ways to Thursday, 20 November 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/melting-mountains-new-research-reveals-rapid-shrinking-of-mount-rainier-other-ice-capped-peaksNew work from Scott Hotaling with Eric Gilbertson, used satellite data, laser measurements and historical photographs to document the ways ice-capped summits in the Western United States are being impacted by climate change.Tuesday, 11 November 2025https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24102025/marine-mammal-migrations-disrupted-by-climate-change/Rising ocean temperatures, heatwaves and dwindling prey are forcing marine mammals into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.Friday, 7 November 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/joint-study-details-surface-water-movement-measurement-need-across-great-salt-lake-ecosystem/SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers at Utah State University just completed a joint study with the Utah Division of Water Rights to better understand surface water movement and measurement near Great Salt Lake.Thursday, 18 September 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/puzzling-out-plastics-usu-researcher-working-to-understand-global-scale-of-plastic-pollutionMicroscopic pieces of plastic are turning up in Earth’s water, soil and air. They are everywhere.A new article in the journal Nature highlights the global scope of this problem and features the research of Janice Brahney. Microplastics are altering the waThursday, 4 September 2025https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02438-5Carbon emissions from plastics production are no surprise. But when plastic turns to dust, it also affects how the planet absorbs carbon from the air, on land and in the oceans.Wednesday, 20 August 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/down-and-dirty-understanding-of-dust-pollution-hits-solid-ground-with-new-researchYou can’t escape it, dust is everywhere. It covers Utah communities with a fine layer of grit. It gets whipped in the wind to snow-covered peaks where it absorbs heat and melts the snowpack. It settles onto rivers and reservoirs and peppers farm fields. IMonday, 7 April 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/student-spotlight-izzy-wappett-on-parallels-between-conservation-and-communityLOGAN, Utah - Four years ago, the fates were well aligned for Izzy Wappett to choose a major in the Quinney College of Natural Resources (QCNR). She’d been warming up for outdoor adventure by climbing the cliffs of Logan Canyon and running rivers like theTuesday, 1 April 2025https://www.usu.edu/today/story/first-of-its-kind-monitoring-tool-uses-ai-to-forecast-water-contaminationIt takes an armada of sentries to keep contaminants out of your drinking water. When storms stir up sediments and push them downstream, water managers have to be ready to shut off one source of water and pivot to others. This creates major inefficiencies Tuesday, 11 March 2025https://utahstatemagazine.usu.edu/environment/drones-data-learning-how-to-restore-a-complex-river-system-with-ai/Despite the name, it’s actually rust-and-cream colored water that flows between the banks of the Green River in southeastern Utah. As a flotilla of canoes meanders down the narrow sandstone stretches and around the gooseneck bends of Labyrinth Canyon, eveTuesday, 28 January 2025