Eric McDuffy
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR CONSULTANT
Eric McDuffie, a native of the Tar Heel State of North Carolina, is a PhD student in the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England. Eric continues to honor his mother’s and grandparents’ wishes to complete his education in order to better serve children and the natural world. McDuffie earned an undergraduate degree in biology with a secondary science teaching certification at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, followed by a master of environmental management degree at Duke University’s Leadership Program within the Nicholas School of the Environment. He then worked for over a decade teaching middle and high school environmental science to over 3000 students. He received several Environmental Educator of the Year honors from the state of North Carolina while becoming state certified as an Environmental Educator.
Biodiversity (B) Avoided Carbon
Gorilla Habitat (G) Avoided Carbon
Methane (CH4)
Indigenous Peoples (IP) Avoided Carbon
Improved Forestry Management (IFM) Sequestration
Afforestation (AF) Sequestration
Agroforestry (GF) Sequestration
The System of Systems (SoS)
QuantumQarbon
Carbon isotopic analysis (IA)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Working Forest Carbon Sequestration
Eddy Covariance (EC)
Soil Accumulation Chambers (SAC)
Soil gas probes (SGP)
Exsolvation of Dissolved CO2 (CO2(aqueous)) and CH4
Vehicle Mounted Fast Response Gas Analyzers (VM)
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Remote Sensing (RS)
A variety of UAS’s may be used in a project to record the status of forest conditions at low altitude (e.g., ~1,000 ft) on a routine basis, when a disturbance has occurred (e.g., hurricane, drought, timber operations) or for surveillance of forest activity by landowners or others accessing the site. Typical capabilities may include spectral imaging of the tree canopy and mapping functions to reveal differences along the flight path over time. In addition, UAS’s may also carry miniaturized gas sensors for CO2, CH4 and other atmospheric gases. The use of remote sensing (RS) for ecological research is well documented covering spectral bands for normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), leaf evapotranspiration and other features of the biotic and abiotic project area.
Flask Collection (FC)
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Sulfur Hexaflouride (SF6)
Tree Plantation
Perfluorocarbon (PFC)
Water Vapor (H2O)