Polar Soils Blog
Track the adventures in research of soil ecology in Antarctica.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Moribund Moss Rehydrating
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In my previous post, you see two different photos of moss in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. In one photo, the moss is green. In the other, it'...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
A tale of moss and soil in the Dry Valleys
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I've posted before about some of our field work sampling moss in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Moss are important to understand becaus...
Friday, February 14, 2014
Fertilizing soil microbes
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A lot of our field work tries to answer the question of how extra nutrients (like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) affect soil bi...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Meltwater Seep Patches: The Results
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During my field seasons, I blog about the field work we are conducting and the samples we collect. What do we do with all of the information...
Monday, February 4, 2013
The OTHER Antarctic LTER
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Much of my research in Antarctica has been through the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research project (abbreviated ...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Research at WAIS Divide
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Here are some great videos that explain some research being done in Antarctica at WAIS Divide, one of the remote field camps at the point wh...
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Back in New Zealand
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I spent the past two days in McMurdo waiting to fly home. Luckily I didn't have to spend those days in Mactown alone! Brendan and Lily c...
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