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Potent Greenhouse Gas Produced by Industry Could Be Readily Abated with Existing Technologies
Affordable and available technologies can curb rising nitrous oxide emissions Researchers have found that one method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is available, affordable, and capable of being implemented right now. Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, Read More …
Davidson Featured on Catalyst Podcast
Eric Davidson recently joined Catalyst podcast host, Shayle Kann, for the episode titled, “The greenhouse gas you don’t hear enough about” to discuss his research on the global budget of nitrous oxide (N2O) and how humans have increased emissions of Read More …
Davidson completes Jefferson Science Fellowship
Eric Davidson served as a science advisor to the Office of Environmental Quality (ENV) within the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) at the U.S. Department of State. The Jefferson Science Fellowship is run by the Read More …
New Book: Science for a Green New Deal
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book in July 2022 titled “Science for a Green New Deal, Connecting Climate, Economics, and Social Justice”. This book has two main take-home points: First, I want to instill a Read More …
Reactive Nitrogen in the Biosphere
The figure above is from Zhang et al., 2021, Nature Food (see below). The Research Coordination Network (RCN) on reactive nitrogen (Nr) sponsored seven workshops on topics including climate-nitrogen interactions, the human health impacts of excess nitrogen in air and water, Read More …
Global N2O Budget Synthesis
Important new synthesis papers have come forth since 2019 on the human impacts of the global nitrous oxide (N2O) budget. Most of us know nitrous oxide as “laughing gas,” used for its anesthetic effects. But nitrous oxide (N2O) is the Read More …
Long-term Carbon Studies at the Harvard and Howland Forests of New England
A seminal publication in Ecological Monographs (Finzi et al. 90(4), 2020, e01423) on long-term studies of carbon cycling at the Harvard Forest of western Massachusetts presents a comprehensive carbon budget and evidence that this 80-120 year old hardwood forest is gaining carbon Read More …
Davidson Research Group Featured in June 2020 Chesapeake Bay Quarterly
In “The Case of the Missing Nitrogen”, doctoral student Jake Hagedorn’s research is featured in the June 2020 Issue of Chesapeake Quarterly. Visit the article to learn more.
Avoiding Pollution Swapping while Reducing Agricultural Runoff of Nitrogen to the Chesapeake Bay
Faculty, staff, and students from the Appalachian Laboratory, the Horn Point Laboratory, and Washington College and a local farmer were featured on a Maryland Public Television segment on Maryland Farm and Harvest, describing their on-farm research on the Delmarva Peninsula. Their research shows that the water level Read More …
Merging a mechanistic enzymatic model of soil heterotrophic respiration into an ecosystem model
Predictions of how the Earth will respond to climate change, including positive feedbacks caused by accelerated rates of decomposition of soil organic matter, are based in large part on projections of Earth system models (ESMs). However, one of the biggest Read More …