Salvatore Calabrese

Our research addresses critical environmental challenges arising from the impact of climatic changes and land management practices on the hydrologic cycle and the spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon and nutrient cycles, in the soil and throughout the Critical Zone. We develop mathematical models for quantifying the sensitivity of the hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles to environmental changes in natural and agricultural ecosystems and use them to explore innovative land management strategies for both local and global sustainability. Our multidisciplinary approach seamlessly integrates hydrology, biology, biogeochemistry as well as dynamical system theory, stochastic processes, and thermodynamics, allowing us to study holistically the interaction between human activities and the ecosystem as a whole.

Current projects focus on:

1. the interaction between carbon cycle, soil structure and properties, and soil moisture dynamics;
2. sustainable agricultural practices;
3. large scale interactions between water and carbon cycle;
4. soil microbial modeling;
5. enhanced weathering as a negative emissions technology.

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