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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a nationally recognized American soil scientist and political ecologist. A professor of soil biogeochemistry at the University of California, Merced since 2009, she is the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences. Her research works to understand how soil helps regulate the Earth's climate.

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