Les Gregor is a Canadian artist who made this awesome soils map of the US, using the real state soil for each state: The Soil […]

I gave the lecture in our Soil Ecology course today: Soils, Carbon, and Climate Change. It was really fun! I’ve been giving that lecture for […]

I had an interesting lunch today with Stephen Pacala, along with Fiona, Sam, and Bhavya (other biogeochemistry students at Cornell). Dr. Pacala has a pretty cool […]

After Canada abandoning the UNCCD, another shocking story this morning – NY Senator John J. Bonacic is trying to name a new NY state soil […]

Canada is leaving the UN Convention to Combat Desertification! This seems so crazy to me. We will now be the only country that is not […]

Canada is leaving the UN Convention to Combat Desertification! This seems so crazy to me. We will now be the only country that is not […]

Today’s the spring equinox! I’ve really been enjoying Cornell’s Spring Break, not because I’m on vacation, and not even because the campus is empty, but just […]

I’m excited to be helping review the IPCC’s 5th assessment report. The Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change) has their second draft out for […]

I read Marc Jaccard’s article in the Walrus this morning, and it made me pretty sad. When I started graduate school five years ago, I […]

Or, at least, that’s what I’d like the title to be at the end of this semester. I’m auditing a multivariate statistics course this semester, […]