The unifying theme of this body of work is to understand the fundamental dynamics of ecosystems and the influence of natural and anthropogenic perturbations and feedbacks on ecosystem functions.





Research

Current Projects

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All COMPASS TROCAS Tree Methane Sensors

COMPASS-FME

The Coastal Observations, Mechanisms, and Predictions Across Systems and Scales - Field Measurements and Experiments project aims to understand how interactions among water, soils, sediments, and plants drive carbon and nutrient fluxes and transformations across the coastal interface

Methane Venting from Forearc Faults in the Puget Sound Estuary

This project seeks to quantify how subsurface methane seeps contribute to greenhouse gas emissions from the Puget Sound estuary to the atmosphere.

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

This project will deploy a novel ocean alkalinity elevation system to demonstrate its ability to mitigate both global CO2-driven climate change and regional impacts of ocean acidification.

TROCAS

This project seeks to unravel the sequence of processes and sources of terrestrially-derived organic matter that culminate in the immense carbon dioxide outgassing to the atmosphere from tropical rivers worldwide.

Tree Methane

This project explores the mechanisms of a recently discovered phenomenon - the emission of methane and other greenhouse gases from trees. We use a range of field and laboratory techniques to understand, and ultimately predict the magnitude and drivers of tree methane emissions in upland and wetland forests near the coast.

Sensor Development

We develop new approaches for deploying sensors in air, water, soil, and plants and test novel technologies for sensing environmental processes.