When I was measuring soil CO₂ efflux in my silver birch field research, I … The Role of Soil Microbes in Herbal Potency: What the Rhizosphere Chemistry Actually Shows.Read more
Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health
Why Your Herbs Are Not All Equal. What Growing Conditions Actually Do to Plant Chemistry.
Two bottles of the same herb. Same species name on the label. Same dose. … Why Your Herbs Are Not All Equal. What Growing Conditions Actually Do to Plant Chemistry.Read more
How to Test Your Herbs at Home. What I Learned From Lab Extractions.
The first time I used alcohol to extract pigments from plant material in a … How to Test Your Herbs at Home. What I Learned From Lab Extractions.Read more
Forgotten Herbs in Your Backyard With Real Scientific Potential.
The first time I made nettle tea I was not expecting much. I had studied … Forgotten Herbs in Your Backyard With Real Scientific Potential.Read more
Why Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Health: An Ecologist’s Perspective
Spending time measuring ecosystem processes in open-air field conditions changes how you think about … Why Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Health: An Ecologist’s PerspectiveRead more
Wetlands and Carbon: What Biogeochemistry Actually Shows
Peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests combined. That single fact stopped … Wetlands and Carbon: What Biogeochemistry Actually ShowsRead more
How Deforestation Disrupts Water Cycles: The Atmosphere-Biosphere Connection
The Amazon rainforest generates its own rain. Not metaphorically, literally. Water evaporated and transpired … How Deforestation Disrupts Water Cycles: The Atmosphere-Biosphere ConnectionRead more
The Soil Carbon Cost of Your Food: What Biogeochemistry Tells Us About Sustainable Eating.
Most discussions about food and climate change focus on what comes out of the smokestack … The Soil Carbon Cost of Your Food: What Biogeochemistry Tells Us About Sustainable Eating.Read more
Local and Organic Produce, What the Soil Biology Tells You
I have eaten enough tasteless supermarket tomatoes to know something is missing. Not just freshness. The … Local and Organic Produce, What the Soil Biology Tells YouRead more
What Plants Actually Put in Your Food: The Biochemistry of Eating Well.
Plants do not make the compounds in your food for you. They make them to … What Plants Actually Put in Your Food: The Biochemistry of Eating Well.Read more