Biogeoscience Goals

Biogeosciences Highlights

Press Releases
Report warns about Carbon Dioxide threats to marine life: July 5 2006 CO2 impact on marine life (workshop): April 20 2005 Fates of Nitrogen pollution from the U.S. and Europe: March 15 2005 Tracking CO2 uptake along Colorado's Front Range: April 26 2004 Low-Altitude research flights begin over Front Range: April 26 2004 Growing climate change threat to coral reefs (report): Feb 13 2004
Science Features
FY-2006 Project Reports: Atmospheric chemistry impacts on biosphere: feedbacks on water and carbon cycles - Hess, Emmons, Holland, Lamarque, Rasch, Thornton Biogeochemical cycles, global - Holland, Kleypas, Lee-Taylor, Levis, Lindsay, Mahowald, Rosenbloom, Stephens, Thornton Biosphere-Atmosphere interactions (BAI) - Greenberg, Guenther, Harley, Karl, Matsunaga, Mauldin, Smith, Turnipseed, VanReken, Wiedinmyer Carbon cycle, regional - Aulenbach, Baker, Burns, Holland, Patton, Schimel, Shertz, Stephens, Sun, Watt Carbon budget - Burns, Sun Carbon in the mountains experiment - Stephens CO source inverse modeling- Emmons, Hess, Pfister, Lamarque, Edwards Carbon-nitrogen interactions in CLM - Thornton CME & ACME - Sun Community airborne oxygen instrument - Stephens Dust cycle - Mahowald Surface weather interpolation & terrestrial biogeochemistry computer platform - Thornton O₂ & CO₂ calibration, profiles & measurements - Stephens Radiative forcing from the wildfires- Emmons, Hess, Pfister, Lamarque, Edwards Rocky RACCOON - Stephens BGS education & outreach: Windows to the Universe - Johnson, Gardiner, Windows to the Universe Team 2002 - 2005: Nitrogen in the Earth System: UCAR Backgrounder article, 2005 Tracking Carbon in the forests: UCAR Highlight, 2005 Initiatives in brief: Biogeosciences: UCAR Quarterly, Summer 2004 Climate models bring Nitrogen into the mix: UCAR Quarterly, Spring 2004 Down-to-earth models: Bringing ground cover into climate simulations: UCAR Highlight, 2002
Articles about BGS Staff
David Gochis: Jan 2006 Beth Holland: May 2004 Joanie Kleypas: Jan 2005 Natalie Mahowald: CGD Staff Highlight, UCAR Careers Profile Rajul Pandya: Mar 2005 Britton Stephens: Nov 2004 Jielun Sun: Apr 2006 Peter Thornton: UCAR Careers Profile
For Children: BGS-related content on UCAR's Education Pages
Cycles of the Earth System (includes Carbon & Nitrogen) Nitrogen Cycle : Web- Classroom Activity Carbon Cycle : Web- Classroom Activity Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse Gases Kyoto Treaty Teachers' Guide Useful Definitions