The Devil’s in the Details

Ah, summer. To me, summer has always meant field sampling. In my undergrad, I spent the summers doing field work in the Midwest USA for projects that PhD students were working on at the time. If you had told me two years ago that I’d be leading my own field season, I probably would have

Lessons from Lightning

Thunder rumbles in the distance. I look up at the clear blue sky as a chill runs down my spine. It’s usually the worst storms that you hear before you see. I glance over at my colleague and we share a look. We’re sitting in a small metal boat in the middle of a lake…