Although most of the Smith Lab works at Konza, we sometimes visit the Shortgrass Steppe site in Eastern Colorado. Early season rainfall brings out the color at EDGE!
Can’t get enough of grasslands!
Melinda Smith discussing the International Drought Experiment (IDE) Read about the lighter side of field work at Konza Prairie, written by Mary Linabury https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/scientists-artificial-drought-study-impacts-grasslands/73-2e7e6331-4bf1-4dd9-8034-8c663792a223
Alex, Carina and Mary presented their research at the Graduate Showcase on November 16. Carina won the New Graduate Student Award! Congrats all!
The Smith and Knapp labs recently celebrated Carina for his master’s defense and Matt for his doctoral defense!
In September, Smith lab members got a chance to go to the LTER All Scientists Meeting 2022 in sunny California!!
The semester is over, which means the lab is gearing up for field season! We are starting new projects and performing spring measurements on our many existing experiments. This year, Sally Koerner will be starting the CHANGE experiment, and the entire lab is launching EDGE, a huge collaborative effort across grasslands in the U.S. We’re…