This research investigates how forest soil health underpins resilience to climate change in Nova Scotia. By analyzing physical, chemical, and biological soil properties across diverse sites, the project develops a soil health framework to guide forest management, enhance carbon sequestration, and improve long-term ecosystem resilience.

This research examines how climate change affects Phytophthora infestans, the pathogen responsible for potato late blight. By studying pathogen growth, reproduction, and molecular changes under future temperature and CO₂ conditions, the project aims to inform climate-resilient disease management strategies and strengthen global food security.

This research explores human motion as a renewable energy source using nanogenerators made from nanomaterials. By converting everyday body movement into electricity, the work demonstrates a novel, sustainable approach to reducing reliance on fossil fuels and supporting a cleaner energy future.

This research examines how shifts from grasses to shrubs in the Alaskan tundra alter root-associated microbial communities. Shrubs favor sugar-consuming microbes over soil organic matter decomposers, potentially reducing soil carbon loss. These plant–microbe interactions may help slow climate change by limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

This research uses computer simulations to predict how Greenland’s ice mélange—the icy “cork” stabilizing glaciers—will melt under climate warming. Results show ocean temperatures drive melting twice as strongly as air temperatures. A new equation from this work helps improve climate models and reduce uncertainty in future sea-level rise.

This research tackles nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils, a major driver of global warming. By modifying manure application practices—mixing manure into soil or adding biochar—the study enhances soil microbes that consume nitrous oxide, reducing emissions by 60–70% through improved microbial balance and reduced gas escape.

The speaker explains how hyperspectral satellites can detect invisible methane emissions, a major driver of climate change. Their research integrates data from multiple satellites to create a continuous global monitoring system capable of identifying leaks in real time, enabling rapid mitigation and transforming satellite technology into a tool for planetary sustainability.

Iowa’s prairies are nearly gone, but restored prairies may cool local climates through evaporative cooling. Deep-rooted, structurally diverse plants increase water transfer to the atmosphere, reducing surface and air temperatures. Using drones, LiDAR, and flux towers, the researcher quantifies prairie cooling as a climate-mitigation tool.