University of Alberta Folio – January 12, 2024 – by Bev Betkowski Intense short-term drought driven by climate change is likely to have a much worse effect on the world’s grasslands than previously thought, according to University of Alberta researchers Read More …
Category: Active Climate Change
Eye in the Sky: Drone technology research helps precision ranching develop new tools for success
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Cait Wills. Dr. John Church of Thompson Rivers University in collaboration with Dr. Cameron Carlyle are using drones to assess heat stress in cattle as well as determine carbon storage in grazed and ungrazed grasslands Read More …
Quantifying the carbon balance of the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. John Gamon | Professor, Cross-appointed Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Alberta Dr. Gamon is continuing to measure net carbon uptake at the Mattheis Research Ranch using a combination of eddy covariance and remote Read More …
Long-term monitoring of rangeland ecosystem functions on the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Cameron Carlyle | Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta To better understand the sustainability of ecological goods and services derived from Alberta rangelands, Dr. Carlyle and co-investigator Dr. Read More …
Effects of defoliation and soil moisture level on methane production and oxidation in soils of the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Scott Chang | Professor Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Rangelands are a significant global sink for atmospheric methane, however, little is known about the effects of grazing on the production and Read More …
Baseline carbon monitoring for rangeland carbon sequestration
Dr. John Gamon | Professor, Cross-appointed Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Alberta Using a combination of atmospheric measurements, plot sampling, and remote sensing techniques, Dr. Gamon and his graduate students monitored Read More …