David Wolfe

Wolfe currently leads a USDA project focused on new tools for carbon, nitrogen, and greenhouse gas accounting and management in agroecosystems, and a New York State-funded Soil Health Initiative. Other activities include soil conservation and food security projects in East Africa.

Selected Journal Publications

• Comstock, J. P., Sherpa, S., Ferguson, R., Bailey, S., Beem-Miller, J., Lin, F., Lehmann, J., & Wolfe, D. W. (2019). Carbonate determination in soils by mid-IR spectroscopy with regional and continental scale models. PLOS One. 14:19.
• Wolfe, D. W., DeGaetano, A., Peck, G., Carey, M., Ziska, L., Lea-Cox, J., A Kemanian, M., & Hollinger., D. (2018). Unique challenges and opportunities for Northeastern U.S. crop production in a changing climate. Climatic Change. 146:231-245.
• Sweet, S., Wolfe, D. W., DeGaetano, A. T., & Benner, R. (2017). Anatomy of the 2016 drought in the Northeastern United States: Implications for agriculture and water resources in humid climates. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 247:571-581.
• Kolech , S. A., Halseth, D. E., Perry, K. L., Wolfe, D. W., Douches, D., Coombs, J., & De Jong, W. S. (2016). Genetic diversity and relationship of Ethiopian potato varieties to germplasm from North America, Europe, and the International Potato Center. American Journal of Potato Research. 93:609-619.
• Sherpa, S., Wolfe, D. W., & van Es, H. (2016). Sampling and data analysis optimization for estimating soil organic carbon stocks in agroecosystems. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 1377-1392.
• Beem-Miller, J., Kong, A., Ogle, S., & Wolfe, D. W. (2016). Sampling for soil carbon stock assessment in rocky agricultural soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80:1411-1423.
• Wang, J., Wang, C., Xiong, Z., Wolfe, D. W., & Zou, J. (2015). Response of rice to elevated CO2 and it interaction with rising temperatures or nitrogen supply: a meta-analysis. Climatic Change. 130:529-543.
• Hatfield, J. L., Boote, K. J., Kimball, B. A., Izaurralde, R. C., Ort, D., Thomson, A., & Wolfe, D. W. (2011). Climate impacts on agriculture: implications for crop production. Agronomy Journal. 103:351-370.
• Lewis, D., Bell, S., Fay, J., Bothi, K., Gatere, L., Kabila, M., Mukamba, M., Matokwani, E., Mushimbalume, M., Moraru, C. I., Lehmann, J., Lassoie, J., Wolfe, D. W., Lee, D. R., Buck, L. E., & Travis, A. (2011). Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) links biodiversity conservation with sustainable improvements in livelihoods and food production. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108:13957-13962.
• Dietzel, R., Wolfe, D. W., & Thies, J. E. (2011). The influence of winter soil cover on spring nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43:1989-1991.

PLSCI 3600: Climate Change and the Future of Food

Current teaching responsibilities include: graduate and undergraduate student advising; serving on the curriculum committee for the Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS) major and for the Climate Change minor; and teaching “Climate Change and the Future of Food” (PLSCI 3600) and co-teaching "Experiential Writing in the Yucatan" (Winter Session, PLSCI/COMM 3090).