Maintaining a safe, playable surface through nine innings of baseball requires a narrow range of soil properties. Hear Dr. Evan Mascitti of UMass Amherst describe his research into the engineered soils below athletes’ cleats, and how that is guiding best practices for field managers without the budget of a major sports team.
Learn MoreWhat do you do when you need a direct measurement of the water flux occurring within and around your plants but do not have the funding for an eddy covariance systems?
Learn MoreSoil science graduate student Isha Chand describes her research into soil compaction issues facing growers around the world. In this episode, she explains how irrigation management and soil compaction impact potato yield.
Learn MoreSolar energy and agriculture compete for the same flat, high-irradiance land around the world, but James Bingaman knows they can coexist. He and other researchers are exploring smart PV array designs that improve groundwater recharge and protect arable land while helping meet the energy demands of the future.
Learn MoreTexturing and analyzing soil in the field isn't all infiltrometers and digital sensors—you've got to get your hands dirty, too.
Learn MoreIn this episode, Katie Anselmi discusses her experience in turf grass research.
Learn MoreGermany has committed to generating 80% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, as outlined in the Climate Action Act.
Learn MoreJoin Lauren Tucker who shares her team's groundbreaking research on how various tree species retain moisture deep within their heartwood for long-term storage.
Learn MoreAs the climate continues to change, water distribution across the planet shifts in unpredictable ways.
Learn MoreThe cover crop and crop rotation options used by agriculturalists across the country don’t work among the dryland farming practices of the plains of Wyoming.
Learn MoreIn this episode, Cecilia discusses the challenges and successes she has found with grafting blueberries for climate resilience.
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Learn MoreJoin us as we discuss Dr. Kate Smits' work on pipelines, landmine detection, and the intersection of engineering solutions to environmental problems with the complexity of humanity.
Learn MoreJoin us as we discuss with Dr. Stephen Hughes the process of developing landslide prediction across the entire island nation.
Learn MoreEcosystem services—the physical processes performed by soils within an ecosystem—are well-known in agricultural settings, but how do we define and measure them in urban settings?
Learn MoreMason Stahl, associate professor at Union College, is using machine learning and direct sampling to help mitigate dangerous levels of arsenic in our food.
Learn MoreAchieving water balance isn’t easy, but it is critical.
Learn MoreAdvancements in irrigation, pest management, and other grower concerns are useless if they are never adopted.
Learn MoreEvery 17 years cicadas emerge from the earth to mate, leaving thousands of holes peppering the landscape.
Learn MoreCreating a large-scale agroecosystem management comes with many funding and logistical tribulations
Learn MoreDiscussions around land use for cattle grazing versus solar panels have valiant proponents on both sides, but some question the debate altogether. Why can’t land be used for both raising cattle and renewable energy sources such as wind or solar?
Learn MoreShould you be measuring water content or water potential? Like all good scientific questions, the answer is, “It depends.” In this episode, METER research scientist, Leo Rivera, and METER’s ecology and plant physiology specialist, Chris Chambers, discuss what you need to know to choose the right measurements.
Learn More25 years ago Drs John Norman and Gaylon Campbell co-authored An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics. Their ability to work across disciplinary lines brought new understanding to countless scientists and taught us how to conduct better research through collaboration.
Learn MoreChampions of water potential, Drs. Kim Novick and Jessica Guo, team up to discuss the vital role water potential measurement plays in both plant and soil sciences and the work they are doing to establish the first-of-its-kind nationwide water potential network.
Learn MoreDr. Dedrick Davis is an Assistant Professor in Soil Physics at Alabama A&M University. He obtained his PhD in Soil Science and Environmental Science from Iowa State University,and his teaching expertise is in soil physics and soil hydrology.
Learn MoreDr. Arron Carter, professor and O.A. Vogel Endowed Chair of Wheat Breeding and Genetics at Washington State University, discusses breeding improved wheat varieties for cropping systems in Washington state that incorporate diverse rotations and environments.
Learn MoreNatalie Aguirre, a PhD candidate and plant physiology and chemical ecology researcher at Texas A&M University, dives into her research on pathogen infection, water stress, and how plants communicate and defend themselves.
Learn MoreNew Mexico State Climatologist Dr. David DuBois discusses the latest in climate observation and air quality research.
Learn MoreIn vineyards, too much water can be as bad as too little. Jaclyn Fiola, hydropedologist at Virginia Tech, shares her research on the influence of soil and precipitation in U.S. Mid-Atlantic vineyards.
Learn MoreDr. Bruce Bugbee discusses his space farming research and what we earthlings can learn from space farming techniques.
Learn MoreDr. Colin Campbell discusses his collaborative research efforts controlling water on potato farms in southern Idaho where he and other researchers discovered that combining measurements helped them better understand the impacts of management and the interplay between variables like evapotranspiration and soil water.
Learn MoreMETER research scientist, Leo Rivera, discusses the ups and downs of his hydrology research in the shrink-swell clays of Texas, why the collapse of a video store got him interested in hydrology, how he got caught on camera by google maps, the interesting development story behind the SATURO infiltrometer, and more.
Learn MoreDr. Cristine Morgan, one of the US’s premier soil scientists and Chief Scientific Officer at the Soil Health Institute shares her views on why soil health is so critical to our society.
Learn MoreWhat really happened the day radiation snowed on Iitate village near Fukushima? Why were the ecological consequences even more far reaching than people realized?
Learn MoreDr. Neil Hansen, professor of environmental science at BYU, discusses challenges we face trying to meet changing water demands in a growing population.
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