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Betsy Black

Betsy Black

by | Nov 2, 2021

Betsy is interested in understanding how forests and their capacities to store carbon are changing in light of climate change. She conducts her research on boreal forests in Alaska and Canada that are experiencing novel wildfire regimes.
Juliana Carney

Juliana Carney

by | Nov 1, 2021

Juliana’s research focuses on the impacts of fire in freshwater environments and how changed fluvial geomorphology and stream water chemistry affect leaf litter decomposition. She hopes this research will provide a better understanding for management purposes in...
Emma Lathrop

Emma Lathrop

by | Nov 1, 2021

Emma is interested in quantifying the timing and magnitude of the permafrost carbon feedback, specifically in understanding how susceptible carbon in deep soils is to decomposition and emission to the atmosphere as greenhouse gas. A changing arctic impacts everyone...
Austin Simonpietri

Austin Simonpietri

by | Nov 1, 2021

Austin’s research is focused on forest biogeochemistry and how global climate change may influence its driving factors. As a graduate student at NAU he would like to address how the soil co2 efflux in a sub-alpine environment is influenced by its primary contributors,...