Berkeley Lab scientists take soil samples at Blodgett Forest (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab)
A new study led by Berkeley Lab has provided the first physical evidence that warmer temperatures lead to a significant drop in the stored carbon stock in deep forest soils. An experiment in California’s Sierra Nevada forest found that the carbon content in subsoils dropped 33% over five years.
The research team, led by Margaret Torn, artificially heated plots of soil down to 1 meter deep by 4 degrees Celsius, which is the amount of heating projected by century’s end in a business-as-usual climate scenario. (The heating followed natural diurnal and seasonal cycles.) “We heated the whole soil profile, whereas most experiments just heat the surface,” Torn said. “That deeper soil has a very large stock of carbon and because it’s old people have assumed that it’s also stable. But we’re saying, nope, actually, you can lose this deep, older carbon.”
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The concert “New Words and Music With Voice,” showcasing collaborative works among five UC Davis creative writing master of fine arts students and four doctoral students in music composition and theory, has been rescheduled from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4.
The noon concert will also include music, theater and dance students performing, as well as music faculty. The prerecorded concert will be shown on the department of music YouTube channel and available for viewing after its premiere.
The show will include: “Earrings,” a musical drama, with libretto by Mangai Arumugam and music by Emily Joy Sullivan; “Spaceman/Watchman” for soprano, readers and piano, with words by Sawyer Elms and Jordan Dahlen and music by Trey Makler; “Geographies I” for soprano and piano, with music by Daniel Godsil, music and words by Jennifer Soong; and “can you hear me?” for solo voice, with words by Anna Tuchin and music by Orkun Akyol.
UC Davis Creative Writing Series begins new year
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Collaborators for the “New Words and Music” concert are, from left: top row, Anna Tuchin, Kate Campbell, Mangai Arumugam, Jennifer Soong and Jordan Dahlen; and bottom row, Orkun Akyol, Trey Makler, Emily Joy Sullivan, Daniel Godsil and Sawyer Elms.
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Program includes award-winning authors, faculty readings and interdisciplinary student works
The UC Davis Creative Writing Series kicks off 2021 with readings by acclaimed visiting writers Jess Arndt and Carmen Maria Machado, a collaboration between music and writing students and a showcase of new works by faculty members. All events are at 4:30 p.m., free and accessible on Zoom unless otherwise noted.