Kathleen Savage M.Sc.

  • Senior Research Scientist
Kathleen Savage

I work in Woodwell Climate’s Arctic, Carbon, and Tropics programs. My primary research focus is on the impacts of climate change on greenhouse gas exchange in forest and wetland ecosystems.

I have developed methodologies for continuous measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes, as well as data quality protocols, and taught those techniques to other scientists and students.

My current research projects include:

  • investigating the biophysical drivers of the methane source-sink transition in Northern Forests;
  • developing low cost autonomous carbon dioxide and methane flux measurements systems for aquatic environments;
  • assessing whether forest harvesting practices can contribute to natural climate solutions while maintaining economic viability in Maine.

I obtained my B.Sc. at York University in Toronto and M.Sc. at McGill in Montreal.

Projects

A faraway man stands on top of a tall eddy covariance tower jutting out of a green forest

Methane Cycling in Northern Forests

Understanding the biophysical drivers of methane source and sink transitions in a northern forest in Maine.
A road marks a stark boundary between farmland and forest.

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Ending legal deforestation in Brazil’s agricultural frontier
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Woodwell Climate @ Tanguro Field Station

Probing tropical ecosystem dynamics at the world’s largest agricultural frontier

Selected Publications

Formation and Fluxes of Soil Trace Gases

Meredith, L. K., K. Boye, K. Savage, and R. Vargas (2020). Soil Systems.

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Mid‐infrared spectroscopy for prediction of soil health indicators in the United States

Sanderman, J., K. Savage, and S. R. S. Dangal (2020). Soil Science Society of America Journal.

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