{"id":731,"date":"2017-06-17T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T19:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/?p=731"},"modified":"2017-06-17T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T19:27:00","slug":"mrs-and-climate-variability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/2017\/06\/17\/mrs-and-climate-variability\/","title":{"rendered":"MRS and Climate Variability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170607_134251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-733 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170607_134251-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170607_134251-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170607_134251-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170607_134251.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We had a fantastic week up at the CU Mountain Research Station, however it was a little depressing that I couldn&#8217;t enjoy the scenery as much as I would have without a nagging meniscus tear.\u00a0 Nonetheless, it was a beautiful environment and a wonderful learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_101459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-734 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_101459-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_101459-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_101459.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> We were able to identify a few different galls caused by various insects. This particular gall is made by the Poplar Twiggall Fly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/topic-areas\/insects\/poplar-twiggall-fly-5-579\/\">http:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/topic-areas\/insects\/poplar-twiggall-fly-5-579\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/5443237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-732\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/5443237-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/5443237-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/5443237.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This gall makes a pinecone looking gall. It is a aphid like insect called the Cooley Spruce Adelgid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<blockquote data-secret=\"YLrQIvkSYG\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/topic-areas\/insects\/cooley-spruce-galls-5-534\/\">Cooley Spruce Galls &#8211; 5.534<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/topic-areas\/insects\/cooley-spruce-galls-5-534\/embed\/#?secret=YLrQIvkSYG\" data-secret=\"YLrQIvkSYG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cooley Spruce Galls &#8211; 5.534&#8221; &#8212; Extension\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_113939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-735\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_113939-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_113939-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170609_113939.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This pest is called the Alder Leaf Beetle. It feeds voraciously on Alder and a few other trees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insectoid.info\/beetles\/leaf-beetle\/alder-leaf-beetle\/\">http:\/\/insectoid.info\/beetles\/leaf-beetle\/alder-leaf-beetle\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170606_141111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-737\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170606_141111-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170606_141111-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170606_141111.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Last but not least, my research at NOAA has me pouring through downscaled global climate models over key points of interest in the Great Plains trying to identify correlations and anomalies between various climatic variables. It has been an eye opening experience the breadth of knowledge and data that is available in this organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fantastic week up at the CU Mountain Research Station, however it was a little depressing that I couldn&#8217;t enjoy the scenery as much as I would have without a nagging meniscus tear.\u00a0 Nonetheless, it was a beautiful environment and a wonderful learning experience. &nbsp; We were able to identify a few different&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/2017\/06\/17\/mrs-and-climate-variability\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reccs-2017"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 23:12:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}