Matt Sturchio
@msturch.bsky.social
Plants | Ecosystems | Energy
Postdoc at Cornell University - DNRE
Postdoc at Cornell University - DNRE
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Matt Sturchio
@msturch.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands | PNAS
United States (US) croplands are ideal recipient environments for solar photovoltaic
(PV) energy because they are flat and have a high solar resour...
www.pnas.org
You're probably asking yourself "how could solar energy☀️ significantly reduce the spatial footprint of energy production in croplands 🌽 while providing several ecological benefits?"
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Agrivoltaics in New York! 🧑🌾
Check out our new paper reporting how microclimate ☀️🌧️🌡️ created by solar arrays controls patterns of crop productivity during a fall growing season.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Check out our new paper reporting how microclimate ☀️🌧️🌡️ created by solar arrays controls patterns of crop productivity during a fall growing season.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
July 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Agrivoltaics in New York! 🧑🌾
Check out our new paper reporting how microclimate ☀️🌧️🌡️ created by solar arrays controls patterns of crop productivity during a fall growing season.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Check out our new paper reporting how microclimate ☀️🌧️🌡️ created by solar arrays controls patterns of crop productivity during a fall growing season.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Newly published multi-year study! ☀️ ⚡ 🌾
If you're interested in hearing about the benefits of grassland and solar energy co-location, you'll most certainly enjoy this.
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If you're interested in hearing about the benefits of grassland and solar energy co-location, you'll most certainly enjoy this.
🧵
May 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Newly published multi-year study! ☀️ ⚡ 🌾
If you're interested in hearing about the benefits of grassland and solar energy co-location, you'll most certainly enjoy this.
🧵
If you're interested in hearing about the benefits of grassland and solar energy co-location, you'll most certainly enjoy this.
🧵
Reposted by Matt Sturchio
🚨New paper alert🚨
We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Managing for climate and production goals on crop-lands - Nature Climate Change
Climate mitigation through natural climate solutions in crop-lands may be a way to reconcile climate goals with food security. However, here the authors show that some natural climate solution practic...
www.nature.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚨New paper alert🚨
We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New toy! Couldn't help but run some tests in the backyard... @li-corenv.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New toy! Couldn't help but run some tests in the backyard... @li-corenv.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt Sturchio
Converting a small fraction of fields producing corn for ethanol in the Mississippi River watershed into solar farms could greatly expand renewable energy production while mitigating pollution of the Mississippi River from fertilizer runoff. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Converting a small fraction of fields producing corn for ethanol in the Mississippi River watershed into solar farms could greatly expand renewable energy production while mitigating pollution of the Mississippi River from fertilizer runoff. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Matt Sturchio
How can we find win-wins for solar siting in agricultural land? Substitute solar for corn headed to ethanol production, especially where runoff from corn fertilizer contaminates waterways: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
April 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How can we find win-wins for solar siting in agricultural land? Substitute solar for corn headed to ethanol production, especially where runoff from corn fertilizer contaminates waterways: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
You're probably asking yourself "how could solar energy☀️ significantly reduce the spatial footprint of energy production in croplands 🌽 while providing several ecological benefits?"
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands | PNAS
United States (US) croplands are ideal recipient environments for solar photovoltaic
(PV) energy because they are flat and have a high solar resour...
www.pnas.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
You're probably asking yourself "how could solar energy☀️ significantly reduce the spatial footprint of energy production in croplands 🌽 while providing several ecological benefits?"
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We had the same question! Answers can be found in our recent publication ⬇️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Matt Sturchio
Many people assume replacing farm crops 🌱 with solar ☀️panels is bad. In fact, it's usually good for the environment because a lot of crops are turned into biofuels, and solar is way more efficient than any biofuel 🧪
More evidence on this from @msturch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
More evidence on this from @msturch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands | PNAS
United States (US) croplands are ideal recipient environments for solar photovoltaic
(PV) energy because they are flat and have a high solar resour...
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Many people assume replacing farm crops 🌱 with solar ☀️panels is bad. In fact, it's usually good for the environment because a lot of crops are turned into biofuels, and solar is way more efficient than any biofuel 🧪
More evidence on this from @msturch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
More evidence on this from @msturch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...