Climate Change: Testing the Resilience of Flint Hills Prairies

featuring

Dr. Chuck Rice

Distinguished University Professor, Mary L. Vanier University Professorship

Kansas State University

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Presentation and conversation at 2 pm

Refreshments | Free Admission

Lunch at 12:30 pm | Reservations

Dr. Chuck Rice

Anyone age 50 or more has seen the climate change in their lifetime. Young people age 20 have seen extreme weather events their entire life.

What will the changing climate mean for the Flint Hills? The tallgrass? How will it affect the lives and livelihoods of FlintHills ranchers? What changes must be made to adapt?

Kansas State University is a leader in climate research, particularly as it pertains to agriculture and grasslands.

Dr. Chuck Rice is a Distinguished University Professor at K-State and holds the Vanier University Professorship at Kansas State University. He was a co-winner of a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He will discuss “Climate Change: Testing the Resilience of Flint Hills Prairies.” There will be time for questions and conversation following his remarks.

Recently, Dr. Rice’s research has focused on soil and global climate change, including C and N emissions in agricultural and grassland ecosystems, and soil carbon sequestration and its potential benefits to the ecosystem. Dr. Rice is one of five team leaders for a $20 million Kansas NSF EPSCoR project researching global climate change and renewable energy research. He leads the group that will use climate modeling strategies for adaption and mitigation.

Rice’s research has been supported by more than $30 million in grants from the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy, as well as the National Science Foundation and others. He has advised more than 40 graduate students and has more than 100 publications.

Rice earned his bachelor’s from Northern Illinois University and his doctorate from the University of Kentucky. He joined the Kansas State University faculty in 1988 and was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and to professor in 1998.

In addition to his involvement in research and teaching in soil microbiology at K-State, Rice has been active with the Soil Science Society of America, where he served as president in 2011. He currently chairs the Board on Agriculture of the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Named a university distinguished professor in 2009, he also is a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2017, he received the “International” awards from the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy and was named the Hugh Hammond Bennett Awardee from the Soil and Water Conservation Society which recognizes exceptional service and national and international accomplishments in the conservation of soil, water, and natural resources.

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featuring

Dr. Chuck Rice

Distinguished University Professor, Mary L. Vanier University Professorship

Kansas State University

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Presentation and conversation at 2 pm

Refreshments | Free Admission

Lunch at 12:30 pm | Reservations

What will the changing climate mean for the Flint Hills? The tallgrass? How will it affect the lives and livelihoods of FlintHills ranchers? What changes must be made to adapt?

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