Water And Soil Science News

Abney and Ayers

Game on: Sanford Stadium becomes a field for soil science

Sanford Stadium’s usual game plan features football and fans—but this spring, the field played host to a different kind of ‘down and dirty’ competition: soil science. Instead of a traditional final exam, Rebecca Abney’s students collected soil samples from Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium as part of…
Rebecca Abney

Abney awarded NSF CAREER grant to study fire’s hidden impacts

Rebecca Abney, associate professor of forest and disturbed soils at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER award is one of the foundation’s most…
Warnell Seminar Series Dr. Mukesh Kumar

Seminar: Thirsty Forests: Decoding their Stress and Mortality

This is a recording of the "Thirsty Forests: Decoding their Stress and Mortality" seminar by Dr. Mukesh Kumar, professor of hydrology and water resources at the University of Alabama. The seminar was hosted on Feb. 20, 2025, as part of the Warnell Seminar Series.

Urban Forests & Watersheds Panel Discussion

Wood pellets

Pellet power: Could biomass become a carbon-neutral fuel for heat and electricity?

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon. To best understand how woody biomass, such as wood pellets, can become a sustainable energy solution, you need to consider your perspective. As small trees and other woody debris are harvested, other trees are growing…

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