<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/msu-researcher-earns-nsf-grant-to-study-effects-of-droughts.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>07/29/2020</pubDate><title>MSU researcher earns NSF grant to study effects of droughts</title><description>Jul 29, 2020 - Sarah Evans received a $1.4 million grant from the NSF to study the effect that droughts have on soil and the carbon cycling process — a critical determinant of future climate change.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="landscape depicting a drought"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/Evans-drought.jpg" alt="landscape depicting a drought"/></image></item>