Department of Environmental Sciences

Department of Environmental Sciences Professor Xi Yang is a coauthor on a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. The study used the sun-induced fluorescence (SIF) system designed by Prof. Yang to continuously monitor soybean photosynthesis. The increased understanding of the connection between SIF and photosynthesis at the local scale is an important advance towards monitoring photosynthesis globally in real-time using satellite based SIF measurements.

Envi Sci graduate student Stephanie Roe was a part of the UVA team that won this year’s Patagonia Case Competition. The competition had 108 submissions on the topic of how to make Patagonia a carbon-neutral company by 2025. UVA was selected first as one of 10 finalists, presenting its winning proposal at the UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business on April 20th.

Envi Sci professor Deborah Lawrence was interviewed by the Guardian and UVA Today about her recent statement with 39 other scientists by the Climate and Land Use Alliance and her article published by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation on the importance of forests and ending deforestation to our carbon budget.