Outreach/Press – Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

2015

Updates from Antarctica: read nemablog for the latest stories from our field season in Antarctica.

Spring, 2015 Antarctic Lecture Series

7pm, Tuesday April 21. “Antarctica: A Keystone in Earth Science” Nigel Kelly Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday March 17. “Science at the Bottom of the World” Elaine Hood, USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday February 24. Movie screening of”Antarctica: A Year on the Ice” Panel discussion following the film featuring CSU’s Richard Aster, Adrian Howkins, Michael Gooseff and Diana Wall. Behavioral Sciences Room 131, Lory Student Center, CSU. [Poster]

2014

* Read our former Wall lab post doc Kelly Ramirez’s new paper on the similarity in belowground biodiversity between New York City’s Central Park and the globe. Covered in the Scientist, New York Times, Boston Globe, npr, national geographic, newser and nature world news

* Dr Diana Wall contributes to an article in which two dozen scientists, authors, and world and national figures answered two questions: What is your greatest worry about climate change? What gives you hope? in the New York Times, Sept 22, 2014.

Fall, 2014 Antarctic Lecture Series

7pm, Tuesday November 25, “Development of the South Pole Traverse” David Bresnahan. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]
7pm, Monday October 20, “Physical Hydrology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Ecosystems waiting for water” Adam Wlostowski, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday September 9, “In Shackleton’s Footsteps” Bob Michael. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

Spring, 2014 Antarctic Lecture Series

7pm, Tuesday April 15, “Exploration of the Transantarctic Mountains” James W. Collinson, Professor Emeritus. School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center. The Ohio State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday February 25, “Under the Ice – The Geophysical Unveiling of the Antarctic Continent” Dr. Rick Aster, Department Head, Geosciences, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

2013

Fall, 2013 Antarctic Lecture Series

7pm, Monday September 9, “Taylor’s Valley: What the history of Antarctica’s ‘heroic era’ can contribute to contemporary ecological research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys” Dr. Adrian Howkins, Department of History, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Monday October 14, “South Pole – Then and Now: Building for Science” Bill Spindler, former construction engineer with USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday, November 5, “An End to the Trend: Antarctic ecosystem response to climate variability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys” Dr Michael Gooseff, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

Spring, 2013 Antarctic Lecture Series

5pm, Wednesday, February 13, panel discussion “Melting Down at the Poles: What are the differences?” Managing the Planet Series, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, panel members include: Dr. Diana Wall, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Dr. David Thompson, Department of Atmospheric Science, Dr. John Moore, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, and Dr. Shane Kanatous, Department of Biology, Avo’s. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday, March 19, “A Half Century of Antarctic Exploration: 1957-2013” by Dr. John Behrendt, Fellow emeritus at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder and Scientist Emeritus at U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, Tuesday, April 30, “This is my job? 20 Years Supporting Science in Antarctica”, by Bob Farrell, Palmer Station Manager for the US Antarctic Program, Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

2012

Fall, 2012 Antarctic Lecture Series

7pm, September 24, “antARcTica, the art in Antarctica” Jim Collinson. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, October 22, “Working at Palmer Station, on the Antarctic Peninsula, in support of the United States Antarctic Program” Rebecca Shoop, USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

7pm, November 20, “Snow Job – Working for Science in Antarctica” Karen Joyce. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St. [Poster]

2011

Fall, 2011 Antarctic lecture series

Monday, Sept. 26, “A changing world and its effects on top level predators: Lessons to be learned from an Antarctic predator; the Weddell seal” by Shane B. Kanatous, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 7PM, Everyday Joe’s. [Poster]
Thursday, Oct. 27, “Climate change and soil animals: What very large changes on very small organisms can tell us about the future of Antarctica” by Zachary A. Sylvain, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 7PM, Fort Collins Main Public Library. [Poster]
Wednesday, Nov. 16, “The second race for the Pole: Changing cultures of Antarctic exploration in the 1940s and 1950s” by Adrian Howkins, Department of History, Colorado State University, 7PM, Everyday Joe’s. [Poster]

2009

Fall, 2009 IPY seminar series

Thursday, Oct. 1, “Cruising in Antarctica – what you should know and what you will see” presented by James W. Collinson, Byrd Polar Research Center, the Ohio State University, 7PM, Fort Collins Main Public Library
Monday, Nov. 16: “How do you exercise while holding your breathe? The diving physiology of Antarctic seals” presented by Shane B. Kanatous, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 7PM, Fort Collins Main Public Library
Monday, Nov. 30: “Walking Through the Snow: Hydrology and Climate Change on Livingston Island, Antarctica” presented by Steven Fassnacht, Watershed Science Program, Colorado State University, 7PM, Fort Collins Main Public Library

Diana Wall featured in “

Distinguished researcher of nematodes, soil

,” an article by the Rocky Mountain Collegian.

Spring IPY Lecture Series – 7 PM February 26, Fort Collins Main Public Library; 6 PM reception/7 PM lecture April 21st, 222 Johnson Hall at CSU

Featured in article in the Rocky Mountain Collegian, “CSU researchers journey to Antarctica.”

2008

Colorado State scientists take trip to the bottom of the world and share the experience with kids (read more).

Wall lab researchers highlighted in Extreme Earth Research article. Click here to read article.

2007

Hidden Assets: Biodiversity Below-Surface. UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Brief #5. Wall DH, V Behan-Pelletier, AP Covich, P Snelgrove.

Small temperature changes, big effects on life – Radio interview with Earth & Sky with hosts Deborah Byrd, Joel Block, and Jorge Salazar. Click here to listen to interview.

Slideshow: Dry Valley Organisms – An interview with the PBS show “The News Hour” hosted by Jim Lehrer. Click here to view the slideshow.

2006

SCIENTIST AT WORK / DIANA H. WALL; An Antarctic Ecosystem Shows Signs of Trouble As a Tiny Worm Turns (New York Times article)

Antarctic marine and terrestrial ecosystem scientists meet at CSU (link)

2005

Yvonne Baskin, a 2003- 2004 member of the Antarctic Artist and Writer Program, finished her book, titled ‘Underground’ (Island Press), and has the first chapter about the science of the Wall – Virginia team.

Holley Zadeh, CSU, gave a talk to 12 second and third grade students at Stove Prairie Elementary School about research and life in the Antarctic.

John Chaston, an undergraduate student at BYU, described his Antarctic internship experience in the BY University newsletter.

Byron Adams, BYU, gave three presentations to 35 kindergarten and 28 second-grade students at Salem Elementary School in Provo UT entitled “Hot research in a cold climate” about Antarctic ecology.

The MCM Long Term experiment on the south side of Lake Hoare is part of the international Long Term Soil Experiment whose purpose is multi purpose: to understand how soils affect global environmental change, and how Earth’s soils change over time scales of years to many decades.

Synthesis of Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Victoria Land, Antarctica: An NSF Sponsored Workshop was held April 21-23, 2005: Jekyll Island, GA (click here for website). This was funded by another OPP grant to Wall. This was the first ever conference to discuss current state of knowledge and future directions of research in Victoria Land. Results will be a special volume of Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

2004
Eddington, M. Worm wrangler’s hangout is Santa’s longest trip. The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT: B6.

Hyde, J. BYU duo have big lab – Antarctica. Deseret Morning News. Salt Lake City, UT.

2003
Trivedi, B. P. (2003). Polar worms may warn of global warming, experts say. National Geographic Today.

2001
Parsons, A. N. and S. Blecker. Research in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, an interactive display for the “Biodiversity Day” festival at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. September 21, 2001.

Treonis A. M. My Time on the Ice. Four Corners Magazine May/June 2001.

2000
Wall, D. H. Featured on education www page of the Ecological Society of America, Focus: ‘What do Ecologists Do?’

Blecker, S. Life and Research in Antarctica. Poudre High School, Fort Collins, CO. March 16, 2000.

1999
Wall, D. H. Women in Antarctica. Presented to the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization for Women), Estes Park, Colorado. August 1999.

1998
Parsons, A. N. News column, “Digging in Antarctica” http://www.abcnews.com during the 1998/1999 field season. Nine separate pieces were published on the web site, which included text and photographs, with contributions from other members of the MCM LTER. The articles are archived here.