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Nitrogen 2.0: The Next Generation of Nitrogen Management in Food Production Systems
Davidson has joined Spark Climate Solutions, a philanthropically supported non-profit organization with a mission “to accelerate progress in under-addressed, high-impact climate mitigation and adaptation approaches”. He helped launch Spark’s Agricultural Nitrogen Transformation Program, which, as its name indicates, emphasizes the Read More …
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Distinguished Scholar – India, 2025
I had the honor of spending the first four months of 2025 as a Fulbright Scholar in India. I was hosted by Professor Nandula Raghuram at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in New Delhi. Following upon collaborative work at Read More …
Global N2O Budget Synthesis
Most of us know nitrous oxide as “laughing gas,” used for its anesthetic effects. But nitrous oxide (N2O) is the third most important long-lived greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane. Nitrous oxide is also one of the main Read More …
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 …
Science for a Green New Deal
The “Green New Deal” has been buried in the political shuffle in recent years, as its opponents have labeled it “woke” and erroneously characterized it as “socialism.” Nevertheless, the ideas of integrating climate science, economics, and social justice live on. My 2022 book titled Science for a Green New Deal, Connecting Climate, Economics, and Social Justice has two main take-home points: 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 …
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.