<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <b>Stephanie Juice, </b>Agoro Carbon Alliance, Soil Carbon Modeler</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Modeling soil and ecosystem processes improves representation of soil carbon response to regenerative agricultural practices</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent">Carbon farming practices aim to restore soil carbon, thus contributing to efforts that slow global climate change. To evaluate these practices, predictive models must represent the relevant soil and ecosystem processes that account for soil carbon accumulation in regenerative agricultural systems. In this talk, I will describe advancements in model process representation that improved soil carbon estimates in two biogeochemical models: a microbial model of soil carbon developed for use in bioenergy agriculture, and a process based model modified to better represent grazing dynamics in a large scale carbon project. The improvements to the predictive abilities of these models support improved land management, climate mitigation, and better scientific understanding of soil carbon outcomes under carbon farming practices. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Friday Sept 18</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">  3:30</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">pm. </b></p><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br><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