{"id":1157,"date":"2015-10-30T21:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T04:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/macklab-p\/wordpress\/?page_id=1157"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:43:04","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macklab.nau.edu\/?page_id=1157","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

When deciduous forests burn, they release less carbon than coniferous forests<\/a><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mapping carbon in the Arctic<\/a><\/p>\n

Letting art do the work that science cannot: Bonanza Creek’s In a Time of Change program<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaped by fire: The Bonanza Creek LTER<\/a><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surprising effects of fire in North America’s boreal forests<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU-led research team receives $9.6M to study how Alaska’s forests change, adapt to warmer climates<\/a><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

As extreme fire transforms Alaska’s boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns<\/a><\/p>\n

Can communities protect themselves by planting less flammable forests?<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle Mack named American Geophysical Union (AGU) fellow<\/a><\/p>\n

In wild soil, predatory bacteria grow faster than their prey, NAU study shows<\/a><\/p>\n

Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study out of NAU finds<\/a><\/p>\n

Rising from the ashes, Alaska’s forests come back stronger<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven new Regents\u2019 professors showcase NAU\u2019s research and scholarly excellence<\/a><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest, new study finds<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU researchers win $1.3M in NSF grants to study major shifts in carbon storage<\/a><\/p>\n

A tale of two understories: How mosses and climate are shaping the fate of nitrogen in the boreal<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU scientists help chart a path to understand how Arctic vegetation is changing<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU, national partners win $3.3 million grant to study microbes\u2019 role in a changing world<\/a><\/p>\n

Connector fungi offer new clues to fate of nitrogen in warming tundra<\/a><\/p>\n

2019
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Larger, more frequent fires in boreal forest threaten previously protected carbon stores, NAU-led research team reports in Nature<\/a><\/p>\n

Boreal forest fires could release deep soil carbon<\/a><\/p>\n

Extreme wildfires threaten to turn boreal forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources<\/a><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

NAU press release for DoD project to assess environmental impact of changing climate on boreal forests<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle Mack recognized as a leader in fire science<\/a><\/p>\n

Feeding fungi: NAU researcher finds fungi in permafrost gets nutrients through surprising route<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU scientists publish first estimate of carbon emissions from 2014 mega fires in Canada’s boreal forests<\/a><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nitrogen isotopes in trees show declining fertility in U.S. forests<\/a><\/p>\n

Fire expert, Michelle Mack, comments on Arctic ecosystems and fire activity<\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release<\/a><\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

New NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) project featured on nightly news<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU press release for new NASA fire project, part of the ABoVE Field Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

Science outreach to the public: Michelle gives a seminar at the Flagstaff Festival of Science<\/a><\/p>\n

NAU office of the VP for Research profiles Michelle, one year after she arrives at NAU<\/a><\/p>\n

New NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grant comes to NAU<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle quoted in Washington Post\u00a0about fire in Alaska<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle quoted in Washing Post on the world’s many trees<\/a><\/p>\n

Measuring the impacts of severe wildfires in the Arctic<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle quotes in Science Magazine’s New section in article about “The New North”\u00a0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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