it’s my first time here at #ESA2023 - as a student volunteer, I’ll be helping to moderate OOS-16 in 252 on Emergence of Dryland Mechanisms of Ecosystem Functioning. super excited for this one - see y’all bright and early 8am Tuesday!

highly specialized DIY IRGA chamber and platform, courtesy of my PI, Dylan Fischer! Let's see what these prairie soil microbes have to say about longterm effects of prescribed burns!

"Roots of a cholla, Opuntia echinocarpa, in the Mojavean Desert. Although the stem was only 6 dm tall and only about 4 cm in diameter, one root was followed for nearly 11 m, and at its deepest descent it was only about 7.5 cm beneath the surface."

A beautiful paper published during my period at BioFunLab Vegetation fine‑tunes aridity thresholds in soil biodiversity and function worldwide Plant and Soil doi.org/10.1007/s11104…

New NatureClimate in the BioFunLab ! Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands nature.com/articles/s4155… Led by Paloma Díaz-Martínez César Plaza Fernando T. Maestre Edu Moreno Jiménez IRNAS Sevilla CSIC Andalucía y Extremadura

Wonderful New Phytologist keynote this morning at #esa2024 by Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (she/her)👩🏽‍🔬🌍 on how shifting precipitation regimes impact soil carbon!

Lindsey (Lyndxe) Zakopal (Soil Ant Greener) will present on "Long-term effects of prescribed fires on soil carbon, nitrogen, and C:N in Pacific Northwest prairies" at 4:30 pm in 103A

I’m presenting undergrad research I did at The Evergreen State College on the long term nutrient cycling effects of prescribed burns in native PNW grassland prairies today at #ESA2024! Room 103A at 4:30p. Come on by! ESA Biogeoscience

Today I was told that I am anti-science, stupid, and have no understanding of permafrost. Despite the loud noise, climate scientists and communicators are still doing their best to spread understanding and awareness. Please amplify them.

…never doubt my commitment to sparklemotion 🫠 #14hourlabday #biogeochemistry #soilscience #microbialbiomass

Happy Friday. This Sphagnum moss looks peaceful but they are actually acid-flinging ecological ninjas that starve other plants from nitrogen. Wee but mighty - they store more carbon in their biomass than any plant genus. Screw pocket forests, we need to promote backyard bogs.

super fascinating that these amf and emf associations mediate tree belowground C investments under increased N, but ultimately do NOT affect C storage… awesome methodology with stable isotope tracing through these mycorrhizal mediated networks, too! 🍄🍄‍🟫🌱🌲