Eric Slessarev

@Jeffinerca @AmritaB007 @debjani_sihi @Tana_TropicsGal @ecology_awesome @CardonZG Thanks JP!

HUGE congrats to @AmritaB007 @ESlessarev @debjani_sihi @Tana_TropicsGal @ecology_awesome @CardonZG SO pleased for you!!

AGU overreacts, silences, and censors. Add your voice here: aguopenletter.com/?fbclid=IwAR1I…

My gratitude to all of my colleagues @Livermore_Lab, particularly my mentors @Jeffinerca and @erinnuccio, for supporting me as an early career scientist. I look forward to future collaboration with LLNL colleagues as I embark on this new adventure.

I am recruiting a PhD student to start in my lab in August 2023. Prospective students can learn more about my research interests at ericslessarev.com. I recommend that prospective students contact me before the 12/1 application deadline. #How_to_apply" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eeb.yale.edu/join-us/intere…

Announcement: I will be joining the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Yale University as an Assistant Professor in July 2023! My lab’s research program will be focused on soil, ecosystems, and the carbon cycle. eeb.yale.edu

Check out our publication on #Spodosols in the coastal temperate rainforest of southeast #Alaska! @DiogoSpinola3 led this work w/our Alaska Coastal Rainforest #Soil #Science team. We looked at clay mineralogy and geochemistry along a lithosequence. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We cite previously described solutions to these issues in the paper (credit to @GeostatLark for describing these in 2006: doi.org/10.1111/j.1365…). I have no doubt better approaches will emerge going forward. Thanks for reading! (5/5)

Another thing to keep in mind when pondering changes in soil carbon: normalizing changes by initial values will automatically create a curvilinear relationship between the normalized change and the initial value (4/5)

Do initial soil carbon stocks control soil carbon dynamics? Maybe, but statistical artifacts often obscure the answer. See our new GCB opinion article: bit.ly/3VT5Ggq (1/5) With: @allegra_mayer @courtlandkelly @GeorgiouKat @Jeffinerca @erinnuccio @Livermore_Lab

To measure change in soil #carbon: sample T-zero vs ~5yrs, right? Or use space-for-time design? Turns out there’s a problem w that.. @ESlessarev describes two artifacts that exaggerate importance of initial SOC stocks doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16… A big issue for soil #CDR calcs??

OPINION Initial soil organic #carbonstocks govern changes in soil carbon: reality or artifact? 📄 bit.ly/3VT5Ggq @ESlessarev @Jeffinerca @erinnuccio @allegra_mayer @courtlandkelly @GeorgiouKat @Livermore_Lab @UCMerced_NatSci

This week, @shaylekann talks to @ESlessarev, a research scientist at @Livermore_Lab, where he studies soil carbon. Turns out dirt is pretty complicated. 🎧 Listen: link.chtbl.com/XhGD1sfp

Job announcement: We're looking for an Open Science Lead to join our team! If you are passionate about open software and data and its application to climate problems, please apply. Expected salary is $145,000 USD and we work remotely. Please share widely. apply.workable.com/carbonplan/j/6…

“This environment creates an immediate medical risk”: Louisiana's abortion ban prompts American Geophysical Union @theAGU petitioners to reject meeting site @ClaireMKouba @LaAbortionBan go.nature.com/3RPv04a

Update: @nicolakimjones reported on our petition in this writeup for @NatureCareers. nature.com/articles/d4158…

@kegrant73 @alainfplante We installed heavy-duty fencing around our pit, and covered it with plywood. We didn't add any shoring to the walls, although perhaps we should have!

Do any of you soil tweeps maintain large soil pits long-term (multiple years)? If so, how? (walls? roof?) If not, is it because you periodically dig new ones because maintenance isn't worth it?

Update: post-Roe fallout in state houses and courts make it ever more clear that scientific organizations like @AGU should not risk the safety of their membership by holding conferences in states with an abortion ban. 🧵 docs.google.com/document/d/1ko…