• I’ve Got Gas, Let’s Leave…

    Posted by Sam Dunn on August 17, 2014

    In a few short hours we’ve converted our busy, messy, chaotic lab space into the clean, organized, lab it was when we arrived. This field season, while long, productive,…


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  • The Calm after the Storm

    Posted by Sam Dunn on July 26, 2014

    The core group has been gone from Cherskiy for not an hour, and already an eerie silence has settled over the Northeast Science Station.  Craig Connoly,…


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  • Permafrost, Methane, and Radio Waves

    Posted by Sam Dunn on February 25, 2014

    I was recently interviewed on the weekly show ScienceCSU, broadcast  locally on 90.5 FM, KCSU.  I spoke about why permafrost is so important for our planet, what I…


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  • Dunn et al AGU 2011

    Posted by admin on October 1, 2011

    Dunn, S., A. G. Bunn, J. D. Schade. 2011. Response of soil microbial respiration to varying temperature and moisture in three soils from the Siberian Arctic. …


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  • Dunn et al AGU 2010

    Posted by admin on October 1, 2010

    Dunn, S., N. Zimov, J. D. Schade, E. B. Bulygina, R. M. Holmes, S. Chandra, V. Spektor, S. A. Zimov, W. V. Sobczak, and A. Davydova. 2010. …


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  • Late nights in the lab

    Posted by Sam Dunn on July 26, 2010

    Good evening/morning!  While the rest of the group is sleeping, Elliott, Emily and myself are on a vacuum-filtering marathon in the soils lab.  It’s about 1:30, morale is high,…


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  • The funny gas…N2O

    Posted by Sam Dunn on July 14, 2010

    Yesterday, Nikita, Blaize and I journeyed to…


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  • Privyet!

    Posted by Sam Dunn on July 4, 2010

    We’ve successfully made it to Yakutsk!    Right now, Andrew, Sudeep, John, Kate B, Polaris Alum Anya (2008), and I are sitting in the third floor lobby of our…


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  • Ready…Set…

    Posted by Sam Dunn on June 21, 2010

    ACID WASH!  Hello from Northfield, MN, where Erin and I are washing scint vials like mad people.  We’ve been here since classes let out doing some wetland/prairie research and preparing for…


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  • Hello!

    Posted by Sam Dunn on March 29, 2010

    I guess I’ll get the ball rolling for the new students. My name is Sam Dunn, I am Junior at St. Olaf College majoring in Biology with a concentration in…


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