ASC Director chosen to give the American Society of Agronomy Plenary Distinguished Lectureship on AI Innovations for a Changing Climate
Kaiyu Guan, the Founding Director of the ASC Founding Director will deliver the Plenary Distinguished Lectureship at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy.
Carl Bernacchi Helping Raise the Bar for Agriculture Climate Research at Illinois
A long-time Illinois scientist has helped raise the agriculture profile of the University of Illinois. Bernacchi’s leadership within ASC and its collaborative effort has proven valuable as the team tackles global climate issues.
ASC Hosts Symposium on Agricultural Decarbonization
The Agroecosystem Sustainability Center presented a “Symposium on Agricultural Decarbonization” on Wednesday, September 18 at the NCSA auditorium. Keynote speaker Steven Singer, the Program Director at ARPA-E, gave an update on how ARPA-E is approaching agriculture and its vision for tackling…
Inflation Reduction Act Funding to Allow ASC Scientists to Contribute to US Governmental Efforts and Improve Mitigation Estimates for Agriculture Management Practices
The USDA local Agricultural Research Service plans to allocate resources, which run through 2031, to ASC researchers to ramp up studies to improve greenhouse gas estimates of agricultural practices, as a continuation of DOE ARPA-E’s SMARTFARM effort.
Using Artificial Intelligence to Calculate GHGs at the Individual Farm Level
ASC Director Kaiyu Guan tells Amber Bell from RealAgriculture GHG that much of the GHG emission data can be gathered with satellites that can measure the amount of photosynthesis happening on the ground. Where his work differs from a lot of other ongoing projects is in the process of integrating this satellite data with historical data and weather patterns and then using it to train AI.