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Here’s the latest from the SWAC community.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with natural and manmade sources. To better understand these sources near Shanghai, Prof. Timothy Griffis and collaborators took measurements from a tall tower in the Yangtze River Delta region. They found that seasonal changes in methane were caused by agricultural soils.
Seminars
Climatic and vegetative drivers of soil genesis, soil properties, and soil distribution in Sankuru Province, central DRC
Thesis defense seminar: E.A. (Al) Lohese, PhD candidate advised by Prof. Nic Jelinski
Monday, August 9 | 1 PM | Event link
Calls for Nominations
Call for speakers: Headwaters Lecture Series
Water Resources Center seeks nominations for speakers in the 2021-22 Headwaters Lecture Series. Read more and nominate a speaker by September 17.
Call for nominations: Faculty Awards
Nominations for University faculty awards and recognitions are now open. Read more here.
Upcoming
Climate Data Community of Practice Meeting
August 12 | 1 PM | Event link
This Climate Adaptation Webinar will include a tutorial on how to use the Minnesota Climatology Office's new Climate Explorer Tool, as well as updates on recently acquired funding of new climate projections for the State of Minnesota.
Introduction to mapping with ArcGIS Online
Monday, August 30 | 1 PM to 4 PM | Event link
If you are new to GIS, this three-hour online workshop is for you. Through a combination of lectures, demos, and hands-on activities, participants will learn the fundamentals of designing and sharing web maps using Esri's ArcGIS Online.
Recent Publications
Here are a few recent publications by people in Soil, Water, and Climate:
- No evidence of top-down effects by ants on litter decomposition in a temperate grassland
- A hybrid DNA sequencing approach is needed to properly link genotype to phenotype in multi-drug resistant bacteria
- CalCROP21: A georeferenced multi-spectral dataset of satellite imagery and crop labels
Opportunities
Boards
Citizen advisory board position at Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
Read more and apply by September 3.
Academia
Graduate student position in glaciology and remote sensing at Boise State University
Read more and apply.
Postdoc position in livestock and poultry production at University of Minnesota
Read more and apply.
Postdoc position in the carbon cycle and photosynthesis at UC Berkeley
Read more and apply.
Postdoc position in climate change and plant phenology at UC Santa Cruz
Read more and apply.
Assistant professor position in agricultural water management at University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Read more and apply.
Jobs and Internships
Soil and environmental organic chemistry lab research assistant at the University of Idaho
Read more and apply.
Associate research scientist position in ocean carbon at Columbia University
Read more and apply.
Quaternary geologist positions at Minnesota Geological Survey
Read more and apply.
Research hydrologist position at US Geological Survey
Read more and apply.
Vietnam climate fellow at the Office of International Programs, US Forest Service
Read more and apply.
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