Doctoral Student's Research Featured on NPR
November 12, 2007 — Jennifer Balch, a current F&ES doctoral program student, was featured in a segment of National Public Radio's Climate Connections today. Jennifer is part of a research team using experimental burns to study the effects of fire in the transitional forests of Brazil.
Read or listen to the full story on NPR's website: To Slow Amazon Fires, Scientists Light Their Own.
Jennifer was also part of another shorter piece, Chasing fire in the Amazon, Saturday, November 10.
Read or listen to the full story on NPR's website: To Slow Amazon Fires, Scientists Light Their Own.
Jennifer was also part of another shorter piece, Chasing fire in the Amazon, Saturday, November 10.
Jennifer looking on surprise night fires that ran over into the next day and continued burning.
After a hard week of burns, Jennifer and part of the research field team Bati, Osvaldo, Santarem, and Sandro.
Using a drip torch with a kerosene and diesel mix to start an experimental burn at her field site in the transitional forests of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
