Author Profile: Eric Davidson

Eric Davidson

Biography

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.

Publications from E. Davidson

Climate Change

Editors' Highlights 14 January 2021

Deep Decarbonization? Yes We Can!

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.

Biogeosciences

Editors' Highlights 1 December 2020

High Climatic Response of High-Latitude Forests

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.

Geology & Geophysics

AGU News 12 November 2020

Graumlich to Be AGU President-Elect/AGU Leadership Transitions

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.

Geology & Geophysics

AGU News 12 November 2020

2020 AGU Election Statistics

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

Geology & Geophysics

A yellow graphic that says “Meet the Candidates”

AGU News 4 September 2020

Every Vote Counts: Final Slate for 2020 AGU Elections

Voting is a right and a responsibility of membership, and your vote is important!

Biogeosciences

Plot of observed data shows increased carbon loss as temperature is experimentally increased

Editors' Highlights 27 July 2020

Soil Carbon May Not Remain Bogged Down in a Warmer World

Carbon was lost from an experimentally warmed boreal peatland much faster than it took to accumulate. Elevated CO₂ had little effect on stored carbon, requiring re-evaluation of model assumptions.

Geology & Geophysics

AGU News 23 July 2020

Upcoming AGU Leadership Elections

AGU announces the full slate of leadership candidates. Voting will open at the end of September.

Atmospheric Sciences

Schematic showing two independent methods used to estimate the change in CO2 fluxes due to widespread flooding across the U.S. Midwest region in spring and summer 2019.

Editors' Highlights 27 March 2020

Toward Forecasting Crop Productivity and Carbon Flux Anomalies

Quantifying reductions in U.S. Midwest crop productivity and carbon uptake due to 2019 flooding using combined satellite observations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and atmospheric CO₂.

Geology & Geophysics

AGU News 22 November 2019