Moira Hough

University of Arizona

Projects

Systems-level insights into carbon transformations in thawing permafrost by parallel high-resolution organic matter and microbial community characterization.

Lead Institution

Florida State University

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Chanton

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A fundamental challenge of modern biology is to understand how information encoded in the genes of organisms translates into physiological and biogeochemical processes manifested at ecosystem to…

Investigating the carbon cycling implications of changing microbial leaf litter decomposition across a permafrost thaw gradient.

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Scott Saleska

Project type

FICUS Research

Thawing arctic permafrost (which contains 30-50% of global soil carbon) is expected to drive substantial alterations to carbon (C) cycling that will accelerate climate change. As permafrost thaws,…