Soil Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Last week, a group of us from the Lehmann lab drove through the fabulous peak foliage gauntlet of NY and MA to attend the North American Biochar Symposium. It was a very interesting experience, for so many reasons! In particular, the diversity of backgrounds and interests of conference attendees and the enthusiasm of participants were …
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 career – besides directing the Princeton Environmental Institute, he works with Climate Central, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on the Environmental Defence Fund board. He …
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 thought that getting a Ph.D. would help me fight climate change. I want to help push for and enact policy changes in Canada that will result in meaningful action on …