Jacob’s research focuses on investigating how changes in precipitation mean and variance may independently and/or interactively influence plant phenology and photosynthesis in dryland ecosystems. Jacob is using PhenoCam imagery and eddy covariance data from the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site for his research. More broadly, Jacob is interested in how atmospheric and ecological processes interact.
Ecological memory stored in a landscape can help an ecosystem recover from disturbances like fire and outbreaks of disease. But what happens when climate warming disrupts that process? How long before ecological memories stored in Read more…
A study led by Northern Arizona University offers new evidence that a common framework to sort bacteria into two lifestyles doesn’t easily apply to bacteria living in wild soil. The findings, published in The ISME Journal, show Read more…
In 2002, the Odyssey probe discovered evidence of past ice on Mars. The U.S. Congress authorized the Iraq War resolution. The Anaheim Angels won the World Series. And in a meadow 15 miles north of Read more…
