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Contosta, Alexandra
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Earth Systems Research Center
Alix.Contosta@unh.edu
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Contosta, Alexandra
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Earth Systems Research Center
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Member
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Institute of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS)
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University of New Hampshire
Member
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EPSCoR
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University of New Hampshire
Member
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Earth Systems Research Center (UZESRC)
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Institute of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS)
Member
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Track 1 Ecosystems and Society
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EPSCoR
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Publications
Selected Publications
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2022
Initial soil conditions outweigh management in a cool-season dairy farm's carbon sequestration potential.
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Science of the Total Environment
. 809:152195.
2022
2020
Snowmelt control on spring hydrology declines as the vernal window lengthens
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Environmental Research Letters
. 15:114040-114040.
2020
2020
Defining frigid winter illuminates its loss across seasonally snow-covered areas of eastern North America
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Environmental Research Letters
. 15:034020-034020.
2020
2020
Divergent carbon cycle response of forest and grass-dominated northern temperate ecosystems to record winter warming.
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Global Change Biology
. 26:1519-1531.
2020
2019
Winter Weather Whiplash: Impacts of Meteorological Events Misaligned With Natural and Human Systems in Seasonally Snow-Covered Regions
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Earth's Future
. 7:1434-1450.
2019
2019
Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities.
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Ecological Applications
. 29:e01974.
2019
2019
Long-Term Measurements of Methane Ebullition From Thaw Ponds
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Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
. 124:2208-2221.
2019
2018
Minerals in the rhizosphere: overlooked mediators of soil nitrogen availability to plants and microbes
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Biogeochemistry: an international journal
. 139:103-122.
2018
2017
A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags.
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Global Change Biology
. 23:1610-1625.
2017
2016
Winter soil respiration in a humid temperate forest: The roles of moisture, temperature, and snowpack
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Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
. 121:3072-3088.
2016
2015
Soil microbial communities vary as much over time as with chronic warming and nitrogen additions
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Soil Biology and Biochemistry
. 88:19-24.
2015
2013
Soil respiration does not acclimatize to warmer temperatures when modeled over seasonal timescales
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Biogeochemistry: an international journal
. 112:555-570.
2013
2011
Seasonal dynamics of soil respiration and N mineralization in chronically warmed and fertilized soils
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Ecosphere
. 2:art36-art36.
2011
2008
Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale.
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Ecology Letters
. 11:1252-1264.
2008
Research
Principal Investigator On
Feeding seaweed to advance the sustainability of organic dairy and aquaculture systems
awarded by
University of Vermont
2021 - 2025
SitS: FroSen: Novel soil frost sensing systems for tracking freeze -thaw cycles and their implications for ecosystem carbon and nutrient dynamics
awarded by
US DA, Department of Agriculture
2021 - 2025
RII Track-4: Winter Weather Whiplash and its Impacts on Socio-Ecological Systems
awarded by
National Science Foundation (NSF)
2018 - 2022
PESaLTERs Project: Public Engagement Fellow
awarded by
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
2017 - 2021
Tradeoffs Between Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Organic Pastures Under Management Intensive Grazing.
awarded by
US DA, Department of Agriculture
2015 - 2020
Winter Climate Change in the Northern Forest: Scientific Synthesis and Practical Solutions
awarded by
University of Vermont
2016 - 2018
Winter Climate Change in the Northern Forest: Scientific Synthesis and Practical Solutions
awarded by
University of Vermont
2016 - 2017
Investigator On
Increasing resiliency to change winters in the Northeast: understanding effects on perennial forage and weed community dynamics
awarded by
Pennsylvania State University
2022 - 2025
A Lengthening Vernal Window: How Vernal Asynchronies in Energy, Water, and Carbon Fluxes Impact Ecosystem Function
awarded by
National Science Foundation (NSF)
2018 - 2022
Tracking the Vernal Window with a Low-Cost Instrumentation Suite
awarded by
US DA, United States Forest Service
2018 - 2019
Teaching
Teaching Activities
Arctic Research Methods I
Taught course
2023
Arctic Research Methods I
Taught course
2023
Biogeochemistry
Taught course
2023
Arctic Research Methods II
Taught course
2022 - 2023
Studio Soils
Taught course
2022
Biogeosci Earth System
Taught course
2020
Studio Soils
Taught course
2015
Studio Soils
Taught course
2015
Studio Soils
Taught course
2015
Background
Education And Training
B.A. French,
Villanova University
B.A. Philosophy,
Villanova University
M.S. Conservation Biology,
Antioch New England
Ph.D. Environmental Science,
University of New Hampshire
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Full Name
Alexandra
Contosta