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E. Davidson

Eric Davidson is Past President of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and director and professor of the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Previously, he served as president and executive director at the Woods Hole Research Center, where he worked as a scientist since 1991.
His research interests are in biogeochemistry and include studying the exchange of plant nutrients from the land to streams and groundwater and the exchange of greenhouse gases between the soil and the atmosphere. Eric has held postdoctoral positions in soil microbiology and biogeochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and the NASA Ames Research Center. He is a member of the Ecological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Eric previously served as the president of the Biogeosciences section of AGU. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in forestry from North Carolina State University.

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Roadside Plants Witness COVID Traffic

by E. Davidson 7 January 20237 January 2023

Radiocarbon in roadside plants revealed a decline in auto emissions during COVID lockdown and a 2021 rebound. Could this improve emission estimates in countries without CO2 monitoring infrastructure?

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Good Trouble in Committees

by E. Davidson 22 December 202222 December 2022

Assigned to another committee? “Ugh,” you say. Think again, and read this article to see how that committee could be an engine of diversity for your organization and for the geosciences.

Plot of methane emissions with time, noting the target amount for 2050
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Bottom-up Meets Top-down Estimates of Wetland Methane Emissions

by E. Davidson 15 September 20212 November 2021

An innovative integration of models and satellite observations indicates weak temperature sensitivity of CH4 emissions from tropical wetlands, but temperature sensitivity is high at higher latitudes.

Plot showing gender equity will be reached only by ~2050 if hiring continues at gender parity
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Steady but Slow Progress on the Long Road Towards Gender Parity

by E. Davidson 16 August 202128 September 2021

The historic disproportionate attrition of women among geoscience faculty is decreasing, but how long will it take to reach gender parity if current trends of progress continue?

Figure showing key requirements for making forest-based natural climate solutions successful for climate mitigation, with examples of potential pitfalls are shown for each category.
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Permanence of Nature-Based Climate Solutions at Risk

by E. Davidson 22 July 20213 May 2022

Conserving native ecosystems helps sequester carbon and mitigate climate change, but new statistical modeling questions the permanence of California’s carbon-rich forests with climate change.

Projections for increases in protein production, methane emissions, and the effects of improving efficiency on reducing livestock methane emissions
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What’s the Beef About Methane?

by E. Davidson 26 May 202120 October 2021

Progress has been made to reduce methane emission intensity from livestock (the amount of methane per unit of protein), but where are the greatest opportunities to reduce this methane source further?

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Deep Decarbonization? Yes We Can!

by E. Davidson 14 January 202131 January 2022

Modeling the U.S. energy system demonstrates several pathways to net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The pathway with the lowest cost, 0.2–1.2% of GDP, relies on >80% contribution of renewables.

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High Climatic Response of High-Latitude Forests

by E. Davidson 1 December 20207 July 2022

The seasonal amplitude of atmospheric CO2 is increasing, partly due to boreal forest responses to warming. Photosynthesis and expansion of boreal forests are shown here to be temperature-limited.

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Graumlich to Be AGU President-Elect/AGU Leadership Transitions

by E. Davidson 12 November 20206 September 2022

As new AGU leaders assume their governance roles in 2021, about half of the organization’s current officers will continue to serve and provide leadership continuity.

AGU election results graphic
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2020 AGU Election Statistics

by E. Davidson, A. Dolan, R. A. Duce, Eileen Hofmann, L. Gonzalez, P. Griffith, B. Johnson, S. Kruse, J. Pizzuto, S. Stanley, M. Zhou, R. Fiser and C. Enderlein 12 November 20208 September 2022

AGU’s Leadership Development/Governance Committee recaps the timing, participation, and other details of the organization’s recently completed 2020 leadership election.

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