I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor of Soil Science at the University of Maine this fall! Our lab will study the biogeochemistry and sustainable management of soils, with a focus on soil organic matter! University of Maine #newPI

Let’s be careful with the overhyping of “regenerative ag” as a large climate solution, folks. Here are the facts. Food, agriculture, and land use emit about 22% of greenhouse gases *directly*. The wider food system emits about 34%. Carbon removal on farmland is less than 0.1%

I'm super excited to be guest editing a focus issue of Environmental Research: Climate on the intersection of climate change, catastrophe modeling, and climate risk management, with an all-star team of guest editors - James Done, Dr. Kelly Hereid and Chia-Ying Lee

What do farmers think about implementing agrivoltaic systems 🌞🍅💧? Brand new study by Rosa Cuppari, Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou, Gregory Characklis UNC-Chapel Hill, myself, and Majdi Abou Najm: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… #FoodEnergyWater IOP Environment Nathan Mueller

4/10 Current trends show that N2O concentrations are increasing faster than the most pessimistic illustrative pathways of future trajectories used by the IPCC. These are pathways, with all other GHGs, that lead to 3-5°C above pre-industrial by 2100.

#academicjob! Assistant/ Associate/ Full Professor in Land Systems and Environmental Science The Environmental Studies program at Williams College seeks to appoint an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in environmental science who uses geospatial analysis to investigate

Thanks to Columbia Climate School for hosting us for this event!

What’s the big deal with agriculture and climate change? 🌳 🚜 Shouldn't we be focused on stopping oil and other fossil fuels? Turns out, agriculture is responsible for as many emissions as the energy sector. For more on solutions, check out the article: bit.ly/4cAuXnF

It's been so fun working with IOP Environment to get ER: Food Systems launched! The first issue features work on sustainable ag, global food trade, crop modeling, climate adaptation, and sustainable consumption. Read more here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Over the last year, the Earth has seen one of the sharpest short-term temperature spikes on record, pushing Berkeley Earth's 12-month global average temperature to a stunning 1.68 °C (3.02 °F) above the 1850-1900 average. Remember when 1998 seemed warm? berkeleyearth.org/june-2024-temp…

Capturing some truly amazing photos. Photos I wish I wasn’t taking. #AlexanderMountainFire

This may be a long shot, but: are there any early career ecologists in the US (or within driving distance of Maine) whose CV would benefit from an invited talk, and would like to hang out with folks from the School of Biology and Ecology at UMaine? Let me know!

Huge thanks to these pilots and all the fire crews 🙏.

While irrigation is valuable for climate change adaptation, irrigated ag leads to GHG hotspots through multiple pathways: pumping on-farm and for water projects, increased N2O, and groundwater degassing. We provide the first natl comprehensive assessment: rdcu.be/dPEX6

Great work by Nathan Mueller and Avery Driscoll, a PhD student in his group. The first two chapters of Avery's dissertation were published in Nature Communications and now Nature Water... not a bad start to a dissertation!

Thanks to Chris Oucalt SOURCE for the excellent coverage of Avery Driscoll's new paper! agsci.source.colostate.edu/emissions-ener…

In this week’s #FieldReport, climate scientist Rob Jackson discusses phasing out gas stoves and other food-and-climate solutions, historic payments for USDA discrimination, and more. Lisa Elaine Held reports ⬇️ buff.ly/3M3nOR2

Please share your favorite examples of absolutely terrible graphs/figures (misleading, confusing, aesthetically abhorrent, etc). Need examples for a class lecture.

New in Science Magazine: Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture. It was a privilege to contribute to this all-star Ag-Clim team! Thanks to Yi Yang @ Chongqing University for his leadership. science.org/doi/abs/10.112…

Cool Denver climate job! CSU Spur is hiring a director for its new Climate Hub- seeking an enthusiastic & entrepreneurial person to work at the intersection of public, private, philanthropic sectors & grow the Climate Hub from the ground-up. jobs.colostate.edu/postings/150157