As scientists struggle with rollbacks, stay at home orders and funding cuts, citizens fill the gap

As scientists struggle with rollbacks, stay at home orders and funding cuts, citizens fill the gap

One of the study’s leaders, Dr. Claudia Czimczik of the University of California, Irvine, walked the group through the goals of the pilot study, which is co-lead by Dr. Francesca Hopkins at the University of California, Riverside. They are using carbon isotopes in winter grasses to measure changes in air quality during the stay-at-home order. The growing season for winter grasses in California is nearing an end, and samples will need to be collected quickly and, if possible, from different parts of California, Czimczik told the group.  “It’s amazing if you can help us with this,” she said.