Caitlin Pries | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

A high-resolution view of the plant–microbe–mineral interactions affecting C-cycling in thawed permafrost soils

Lead Institution

University of New Hampshire

Principal Investigator

Jessica Ernakovich

Project type

FICUS Research

Arctic permafrost soils store approximately one third of the world’s soil carbon, a stock equal to the Earth’s atmosphere. Warming and drying projected over this century will make this vast soil…

Linking soil microbial stress metabolism to watershed biogeochemistry under climate change across seasons

Lead Institution

Boston University

Principal Investigator

Jennifer Bhatnagar

Project type

FICUS Research

Air temperatures are rising, while the winter snowpack is shrinking and soil freeze/thaw events are increasing in high latitude ecosystems. The severe thermal perturbations from warming during the…

Soil Carbon Stabilization At The Permafrost-Active Layer Boundary In An Arctic Tundra Ecosystem

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Margaret Torn

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In preliminary studies, we have observed a stock of old, seemingly stable carbon immediately above the permafrost in soils from Barrow, Alaska. The proposed study will focus on the mechanisms…

Projects

A high-resolution view of the plant–microbe–mineral interactions affecting C-cycling in thawed permafrost soils

Linking soil microbial stress metabolism to watershed biogeochemistry under climate change across seasons

Soil Carbon Stabilization At The Permafrost-Active Layer Boundary In An Arctic Tundra Ecosystem