Matt Sturchio

Post-doc studying how plants and ecosystems respond to solar energy co-location @Cornell

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

You’re probably thinking “how could solar energy ☀️significantly reduce the spatial footprint of energy production in croplands 🌽 while providing several ecological benefits?”

We had the same question! For answers, read our recent publication in PNAS.

https://t.co/HZKgknuqvr

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

@JaphethLimpid @ChrisMartzWX @elonmusk Got a link to this analysis?

[Global Change Biology @GlobalChangeBio]

Environmental Heterogeneity Imposed by Photovoltaic Array Alters Grassland Soil Microbial Communities

🔗 https://t.co/1dKJCNpb9r
@microsigs @msturch2 @csubiology @alan_knapp

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

Agrivoltaics in New York! 🧑‍🌾

Check out our new paper reporting how the microclimate ☀️🌧️🌡️created by solar arrays controls patterns of crop productivity during a fall growing season.

https://t.co/A8rWEkPiLh

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

Solar panels’ shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years https://t.co/XCjPmqUcSr

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

Converting a small fraction of fields producing corn for ethanol in the Mississippi River watershed into solar farms could greatly expand renewable energy production while mitigating pollution of the Mississippi River from fertilizer runoff. In PNAS: https://t.co/vUwiRfcsFo

[Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews]

Strategically converting a small fraction of land used to grow corn for #ethanol to #solar facilities could vastly increase energy production per hectare and provide ecological benefits and financial resiliency for farmers. @CornellCALS @PNASNews #EarthDay https://t.co/BpR972uyWd

[Sam @samleuthold]

Very excited to have this out (and in Nature Geoscience, no less!).

We returned to in-field incubations of isotopically enriched litter and pyrogenic OM ten years after inception, and were able to glean some insights into the persistence patterns of the SOM that was formed.

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

Using the proposed 880 MW solar park in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, as a case study, a recent paper highlights the importance of aligning green energy with biodiversity conservation goals.
@KhanyariMunib @ncfindia @msturch2 @alan_knapp
✒️@nikhil_2992
https://t.co/p3qH2ovK5R

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

New paper alert 📝

[Alan Knapp @alan_knapp]

For those interested in this topic...co-authored by @msturch2

Ecovoltaics in an increasingly water-limited world: An ecological perspective: One Earth https://t.co/cPHNV0byzu

[AGU's Eos @AGU_Eos]

Audio: Ecovoltaics aims to co-prioritize energy production and ecosystem services, which could mean growing crops, providing grazing land for animals, or even increasing carbon sequestration. #AgrivoltaicsCon

https://t.co/WPpWcWoXu2

[Alan Knapp @alan_knapp]

New research detailing how solar arrays impact the plants beneath.

See below (and more at):
https://t.co/WdHAKJj6EF

Solar arrays create novel environments that uniquely alter plant responses - Sturchio - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/I244tm2Fkh

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

New paper alert 📝
Solar arrays create novel environments that uniquely alter plant responses.

We discuss how diurnal patterns of ψL and gsw provide mechanistic insight for the microenvironmental controls of ANPP!

Read more here: https://t.co/bOH6iydRmQ

[Colorado State University @ColoradoStateU]

For those who weren't there to smell it, watch as Cosmo the corpse flower blooms 👀

Thousands flocked to #ColoradoState over Memorial Day weekend to see a rare corpse flower during a bloom that was eight years in the making.

Learn and see more ➡️ https://t.co/2n82CGF40H

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

What the LI-6800 sees when you’re leading a field methods in plant ecology course @LICOR_ENV #ecophys 📷:@josieplantemoji

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

VPD, not temperature, limits tropical photosynthesis 💧

📖 https://t.co/yfZMpVM0g4
by Slot et al.

@martijn_slot @Sami_Rifai @Nedunsk15

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

@PeckAgEc Link sent!

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

DM for Teams link!

[Anping Chen @Dr_AnpingChen]

Pleased to share our new publication on tree mortality and greening. A great pleasure to work with many colleagues on this project including @SethMMunson

[Matt Sturchio @msturch2]

☀️ Want to learn more about Ecovoltaics? ☀️Check out my new article for @ConversationUS https://t.co/lZ7jT7YFhT