Matthew Kirk

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Professor of geology at #KState | groundwater, streams, microbes, geochemistry, critical zone science, DEI | #firstgen | he/him

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Video of a center pivot irrigation system in an alfalfa field in south central Kansas

Solar well and water tank for livestock. Old windmill in the distance.

View looking down into a forested valley from above

Limestone outcrop ledge along a large lake

Kiowa sandstone

Bison with calf at Konza Prairie. Photo cred Jeffrey H. Taylor.

Students and faculty from Kansas State University, Barton Community College, and Dodge City Community College

pH and temperature field meters

Grassland watershed in Konza Prairie after the grass was burned away in an annual controlled burn. With the grass gone, you can see lots of big Permian limestone chunks in the soil.