Soils breathe. Soils move.
Our mission is to better listen to them and share the message.
![Yoo received the CFANS Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1715696789176-M8X6U3HSR1XVA07772Q0/IMG_1852.jpg)
Yoo received the CFANS Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.
![Sara successfully defended her MS. thesis.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714758008248-PY3JRM4T59B0YZ1RNH9A/IMG_1799.jpg)
Sara successfully defended her MS. thesis.
Azucena successfully defended her thesis.
![Sara DeLaurentis, MS Defense](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714409547574-GS00BHEIW1VAJ4WE16FD/saradefnese.png)
Sara DeLaurentis, MS Defense
![Azucena Sierra Garcia, MS. Defense](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714409218394-8AI8EQPLDYO5C7A8B365/azucenadefense.png)
Azucena Sierra Garcia, MS. Defense
![Fieldwork at small organic vegetable farms](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714408868801-UJIC92KTC8DEACVPQGNE/IMG_1679.jpg)
Fieldwork at small organic vegetable farms
![Yoo gave a Talk at the University of Vermont](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714408420633-QLTRSWND6HRJYS21BRSV/admissions_visitoptionshero_1200x600.png)
Yoo gave a Talk at the University of Vermont
![New funding to study jumping worm-induced soil erosion](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1714487057236-81ZSSHJM6HXGEYWQVZBC/mitppc.png)
New funding to study jumping worm-induced soil erosion
![Guest Blog: Two Waves of Global W”o”rming](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1695405815475-1GWOHX0NFN8CDTGTGLP9/Screenshot+2023-09-22+130204.png)
Guest Blog: Two Waves of Global W”o”rming
![A New Paper Published](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1687781754035-5ZFCQD5IQHFC6JJPXXTG/SOC+PCM+theory+figures+revised+5april2023_Page_4.png)
A New Paper Published
![A paper published](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1684783431157-1PXTRP90PX56O431T5OO/soilsystems-07-00052-v2_Page_11.png)
A paper published
![Lab lunch](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1683756362431-SVL8WJXCFO9NZ3EDGUQ3/IMG_5644.jpg)
Lab lunch
![Sara and Tyler’s commencement](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1683755958949-V6N1AHBQOWBHT053OLY3/20230506_141346.jpg)
Sara and Tyler’s commencement
![Tyler’s defense](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1683755529385-Q155XM026QZ833PSNBMD/20230505_145408.jpg)
Tyler’s defense
![New paper published on mineral surface area in deep weathering profiles](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1675278964309-8UNWLK6GZRI7GEAPQ4VM/esurf-11-51-2023-f09-web.png)
New paper published on mineral surface area in deep weathering profiles
We measured the surface area of minerals in two 21 m cores from soil to bedrock to test hypotheses on the formation of the surface area of weathered rock. A sharp increase in high-surface-area secondary minerals extended from 3 m to the ground surface. Half the total surface area was from corroded iron minerals, which form in the presence of oxygen, even though corroded iron comprised less than 0.1 % of the rock. Element removal by rock dissolution started at 7 m but did not form new minerals.
![The Power of Nature](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1674133888171-HQCKRB320XAGNNY5PUQP/Power+of+Nature+cover++Nov+2022.jpg)
The Power of Nature
![Two Waves of Global W”o”rming](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1673627237383-6UYPPHX0QBD83L6BEOR7/KakaoTalk_20221230_165315333.jpg)
Two Waves of Global W”o”rming
Lands and Humans in World Cultures (ESPM3051) Offered in Spring 2023
![Grant in Aid for space farming research](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1670358770726-FERIDJY7ND09VL7WP2GD/Picture4.png)
Grant in Aid for space farming research
![Mini-grant for Indigenous Voices in Agricultural Science](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136df96d31c906ebd3a7251/1670358276917-F5CW5V3BUCB535QBSH26/Picture3.png)