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Thursday, April 05, 2018
Oklahoma has the largest number of man-made lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. Despite the importance of these open surface water bodies for public water supply, agriculture, thermoelectric power,...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Last fall Dr. Glen D. Johnson, chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, invited the state’s university presidents to nominate their institutions’ top undergraduate student...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
NASA Oklahoma EPSCoR anticipates the release of a NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) for the Research Implementation Competition sometime in June 2018, with a 90-day turn around for the...
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Representatives of Oklahoma’s EPSCoR and IDeA programs recently met with members of Oklahoma’s federal congressional delegation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. as part of the coalition to...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Redcedar invasion has been a known problem for nearly 80 years and it does not seem to be going away. An ongoing Oklahoma National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Researchers from across the state will gather to highlight Oklahoma’s climate research efforts during the annual Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR State Conference on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. The event will be...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Small watersheds, also called micro-catchments, are widely used in studying water budgets associated with a given land use type or land cover type. This approach is valuable in quantifying the impact...
Monday, December 04, 2017
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is an evergreen tree species that is widely distributed in the Great Plains, especially Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. Eastern redcedar encroachment into...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
For decades, Oklahoma has experienced major droughts significantly impacting both surface water and groundwater resources. Extreme droughts can lead to economic losses especially in the agricultural...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Individual perceptions of climate anomalies are largely immune to political bias, especially when people observe large and persistent departures from average conditions. That is the finding of a new...