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Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

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July 15, 2016

Ag community answers: What do you want from NSCO?

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

George Meyer, left, and Wayne Woldt complete a preflight check on the Tempest unmanned aircraft. Both are professors in the UNL Department of Biological Systems Engineering.

August 17, 2016

UNL Professor Recognized for Resources on Unmanned Aerial Systems for Ag

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Nebraska State Climate Office website

September 21, 2016

Nebraska State Climate Office Launches Websites

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

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December 11, 2017

High Plains Climate Center a Hub of Weather Data for 30 Years

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Distribution of the 1-square-kilometer cells where irrigated land in 2012 exceeded 50 percent of the cell area (blue-green dots) in Nebraska. Pink corresponds to declining annual, while yellow corresponds to declining irrigation-season (May-July) precipitation rates over the 1979-2015 period. The brownish color marks their spatial overlap.

February 28, 2018

Research Shows Large-Scale Irrigation Reduces Local Precipitation

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Figure 1. The Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report shows groundwater-level changes in Nebraska from spring 2016 to spring 2017.

March 15, 2018

Nebraska Continues To See Modest Groundwater Decline

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Rezaul Mahmood (left), co-leader of the GRAINEX project, talks with a student and co-leader Eric Rappin (right) of Western Kentucky University.

July 16, 2018

Husker-led Research Team to Examine Irrigation's Role in Precipitation

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Two maps showing groundwater level changes in Nebraska

March 28, 2019

Groundwater Levels Recovering from 2012 Drought

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Researchers with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will use the Arable Mark IOT device to record 40 variables in Nebraska farm fields as part of a research effort to improve data farmers use to determine whether they should irrigate.

October 30, 2019

Researchers to Tackle Irrigation Decision-making with Help of USDA grant

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources