Episode 26 - Choosing Between Water Content and Water Potential
Should you be measuring water content or water potential? Like all good scientific questions, the answer is, “It depends.”
Podcast 34 minutes
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Episode 27 - The Battle for Earth: Cattle vs. Solar
Discussions around land use for cattle grazing versus solar panels have valiant proponents on both sides, but some question the debate altogether. Why can’t land be used for both raising cattle and renewable energy sources such as wind or solar? Ph.D. student at Colorado University, Taylor Bacon, joins us to discuss aviation biofuel, the colocation of agriculture and solar photovoltaic energy production, and the healing powers of running.
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Taylor Bacon is a Ph.D. student of soil and crop science at Colorado State University. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton University with a focus on energy and the environment and a minor in sustainable energy. As a Ph.D. candidate, she is researching nature-based climate solutions, land-use emissions, and food/energy systems.
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Episode 26 - Choosing Between Water Content and Water Potential
Episode 25 - Dissolving the Boundaries Between Specializations
25 years ago Drs John Norman and Gaylon Campbell co-authored An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics. Their ability to work across disciplinary lines brought new understanding to countless scientists and taught us how to conduct better research through collaboration.
Podcast 39 minutes
Episode 24 - Building a National Water Potential Network
Champions of water potential, Drs. Kim Novick and Jessica Guo, team up to discuss the vital role water potential measurement plays in both plant and soil sciences and the work they are doing to establish the first-of-its-kind nationwide water potential network.
Podcast 49 minutes