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Muehlbauer,Gary J Mulla,David J Murray,Helene Myers,Chad Leighton Naeve,Seth L Nagel,Linda M Nelson,Beth Marie Nelson,Peggy Bull Neumark-Sztainer,Dianne R Newman Jr,Raymond M Nguyen,Hong-Ngoc Ba Ni,Wei-Ming Nieber,John Nieber,John Little Noll,Sally Noren,Anders J Northrop,William Novak,Paige Jennifer O'Grady,Scott M Oh,Sang-Hyun Olive,Keith A Orf,James Harold Ostlie,Kenneth R Oxenham,Andrew John Pagliari,Paulo Humberto Pereira,Mark Andrew Peterson,Devin G Ponder,Julia Beth Powers,Jennifer Sarah Pui,David Que Jr,Lawrence Ramaswami,Anuradha Anu Reese,Michael H Reich,Peter Reich,Peter B Reynolds,Arthur Rockwood,Todd H Rosen,Carl Jay Ruggles,Steven Rusack,Roger W Saar,Martin Oliver Sadowsky,Michael Jay Sarkanen,Simo Scarlata,Maria Claudia Schermann,Michele A Schilling,Jonathan S. Schmidt-Dannert,Claudia Schmitt,Michael A Schoenfuss,Tonya Seabloom,Eric Setterholm,Dale Robert Seyfried Jr,William E Sharkey,Leslie Carol Sheaffer,Craig C Sheehan,John Joseph Shen,Lian Shen,Wei Shurson,Gerald C Siepmann,Joern Ilja Simcik,Matt Francis Simpson,Jeffry A Sims,Albert Lee Smith,Rodney B Smith,Timothy M Sorensen,Peter W Sotiropoulos,Fotis Spivak,Marla Springer,Nathan Michael Strock,Jeffrey Scott Suh,Sangwon Swackhamer,Deborah L Talghader,Joseph John Tallaksen,Joel E Tilman,G Tilman,G David Tolman,William B Torremorell,Montserrat Toscano Jr,William A Truhlar,Donald Tsapatsis,Michael Twine-Snyder,Tracy Elizabeth Valentas,Kenneth John Van Wyk,Eric Vondracek,Bruce Wackett,Lawrence Wackett,Lawrence Philip Warner,Richard Holway Watkins,Eric T Weber,William G Weiblen,George D Wells,Michael Scott Wells,Peter S White,Kathleen Marie White,Michael E Wiersma,Jochum Jan Wilson,Bruce Nord Wilson,Elizabeth Wilson,Elizabeth Joan Wissinger,Jane Ellen Woodward,Paul R Wyse,Donald L Yoo,Kyungsoo Zamora,Diomides S Zeitouni,Ofer Zimmerman,Mark Edward Department Affiliation: AFNR Crops AFNR Forestry Agron&Plant Genetics, Dept of Animal Science, Dept of Anthropology Applied Economics, Dept of Architecture, School of Bioprod&Biosys Eng, Dept of CBS Biotechnology Inst Admin CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr CBS Gen Cell Bio & Dev Dept CBS Microbial Bio & Biotech CBS Plant Biology Department Cedar Creek Ecosystems Sci Res CFANS Administration Child Development Admin, Inst CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm CSENG Astrophysics,MN Inst for CSENG Biomedical Eng Admin CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin CSENG Chemistry Administration CSENG Civil, Envrn & Geo- Eng CSENG CS&E Bioinformtc&CompBio CSENG CS&E Data Mining Db/GIS CSENG CS&E NetworksSystm&Secur CSENG CS&E SoftwareEng&ProgLan CSENG Earth Sciences, Dept of CSENG ECE Computer Engineering CSENG ECE Fields & Photonics CSENG ECE Microelectronics CSENG Environmental Eng CSENG Industrial & Systems Eng CSENG Mathematics Admin CSENG ME Design & Manufacturng CSENG ME Thermal Sciences CSENG Mech Engineering Admin CSENG MN Geological Survey Adm CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of CSENG St Anth Falls Lab-SAFL CSENG Transportation Eng CSOM Information &Decision Sci DESGN Design in Health, Center DESGN Sustainable Bldg Rsrch Ed Psych Administration Entomology, Dept of Environment, Institute on the Fish Wildlife & Cons Bio, Dept Food Protection/Defense,NatCtr Food Sci & Nutr, Dept of Forest Resources, Dept of Geography,Environment,Society HHH Regional Plan & Pol Acad P HHH Sci, Tech & Env Acad Prog Horticultural Sci, Dept of Minnesota Population Center MN Inst Sustainable Agric No Central ROC, Grand Rapids Northwest ROC, Crookston Obesity Prevention Center Plant Pathology, Dept of Psychology Sociology Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of Southern ROC, Waseca Southwest ROC, Lamberton Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept SPH Biostatistics Division SPH EnHS Division SPH EpiCH Division SPH Health Policy & Mgmt Div SPH MN Technical Assist Prog Veterinary Biomedical Science Veterinary Clinical Sciences Veterinary Population Medicine Water Resources Center West Central ROC, Morris

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Global Landscapes Initiative Finds Methods to Improve Environment and Food Security - At the Institute on the Environment, the Global Landscapes Initiative (GLI) conducts research in agriculture, which has a greater environmental impact by far than any other human endeavor, using about 40% of the terrestrial land surface and emitting nearly a third of all greenhouse gases. GLI publishes in leading publications including Science, Nature Communications, and BioScience. The paper "Leverage points for improving food security and the environment," in Science, was covered by 60-70 media outlets--including the Guardian, Newsweek, NPR, National Geographic, and FastCompany. This paper focused on regions, crops, and commodities where interventions to decrease the environmental impact of agriculture can have the greatest effect. GLI work in sustainability gets results out of academic journals and into the hands of practitioners who can effect change on the ground. This occurs through work with corporate partners in agriculture-focused and agriculture-dependent companies to help them achieve effective sustainability commitments and programs. GLI has recently met with companies such as General Mills, Bunge, Coca-Cola, and Unilever. GLI also presents work at high-profile conferences and workshops, such as American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Brasilian Congress of AgroMeterology, and Colombia’s Expogestión Orinoquía. Bacteria tapped for eco-friendly industrial cleanup -Now, a collection of scientists and business experts at the University of Minnesota are developing new methods of remediation — the act of removing pollutants from the environment. The researchers are developing software that models how enzymes break down chemicals at the microscopic level to optimize the selection of bacteria that biodegrade those chemicals. Meanwhile, business experts are conducting market research to discover the best ways to apply this new knowledge and learn how it can lead to viable industrial processes and products. Startup takes aim at invasive carp threat in Minnesota lakes -The common carp, an invasive species now prevalent in Minnesota, has been a destructive force in the state’s many lakes since it was first introduced about a hundred years ago. Now, a University of Minnesota startup is bringing a new approach to bear in the fight against common carp. Carp Solutions, which launched in February, uses the results from U research conducted over the past decade to provide a comprehensive assessment of carp populations and recommend methods for how best to limit their populations in bodies of water across the state. The company is led by Przemyslaw Bajer, Ph.D., assistant professor of fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology with the U’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, who has been conducting carp research in Minnesota since 2006. Research supercharges rice to meet growing demand Through a consortium effort, the Center for Genome Engineering Research engineered rice to use a form of super-efficient photosynthesis — the process that lets plants draw energy from sunlight — in addition to its normal, less efficient version. This form, called C4 photosynthesis, boosts plant growth by better capturing and concentrating carbon dioxide in the leaves’ cells. Urban Heat Islands Some parts of the Twin Cities can spike temperatures up to 9° F higher than surrounding communities thanks to the “urban heat island” effect, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota. The study, which was funded by the Institute on the Environment and published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, used a network of 180 sensors deployed throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area in residential backyards and city parks to paint the most detailed picture anywhere in the world of how temperature varies with time and place across pavement-filled metropolitan areas and surrounding communities. “We’ve long known that heat radiated by buildings, roads, bridges and other structures keeps surface air temperature higher in cities than in surrounding areas. However, temperature is officially measured at just a few locations in most cities, so awareness of the extent and variability of urban heat island effects was limited,” said lead author Brian Smoliak. “Our study highlights the usefulness of dense sensor networks for urban weather and climate research with practical implications for human health, energy consumption, and environmental quality.”