[Enviro-lunch] Enviro-Lunch seminar (4/22/2021): Dr. Noah Sokol from Lawrence Livermore National Lab

[Kyungjin Min]

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Hello all,

Please join us this Thursday (04/22/2021, 1:30-2:30 pm) for our
Enviro-Lunch seminar series, where Dr. Noah Sokol, a postdoctoral
researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, will discuss drought and
microbial soil carbon dynamics.



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*Title*

How drought influences microbial control of soil carbon cycling



*Abstract*

Soil organic carbon is Earth’s largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon. The
fate of this massive carbon pool will exert significant effects on the rate
and extent of global climate change over the course of this century. Thus,
a critical priority is to understand how soil organic carbon is formed and
lost, as well as how global environmental change will influence these
processes. Here, I discuss how drought influences soil carbon cycling,
since altered precipitation regimes are predicted across the U.S. as a
prominent consequence of climate change. I describe a manipulative 13C
tracer study that we conducted in order to understand the effects of
drought on: (1) plant carbon inputs to the soil, (2) the structure and
function of soil microbial communities, and (3) the formation and
persistence of soil organic carbon. I discuss some key initial results from
this 13C tracer study, as well as the major ongoing aims of this project.



*Bio*


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Noah Sokol is a soil biogeochemist and microbial ecologist. He is currently
a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He received
his PhD from Yale University (School of the Environment) in 2018, working
with Dr. Mark Bradford. His PhD dissertation on soil carbon cycling in
temperate forests was awarded the Soil Science Society of America’s 2019
Truog Outstanding Dissertation Award. At Lawrence Livermore, he is
researching how soil microbial communities and soil organic carbon will
respond to climate change – especially the effects of drought on California
grassland soils.



KJ, Manisha, and Anna (student and post-doc coordinator)

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (faculty coordinator)
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