{"id":488,"date":"2026-03-04T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:09:16","slug":"res-lab-blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/res-lab-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"RES-Lab Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p><em><strong>Could Critical Mineral Designation for Phosphate Rock Ease Market Tension and Support Sustainable Phosphorus Solutions?<\/strong> <\/em><br><em>Justin Baker, Clarisse Owens, and Chanheung Cho<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/03\/28\/could-critical-mineral-designation-for-phosphate-rock-ease-market-tension-and-support-sustainable-phosphorus-solutions\/\" id=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/03\/28\/could-critical-mineral-designation-for-phosphate-rock-ease-market-tension-and-support-sustainable-phosphorus-solutions\/\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-552\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/rocks.jpg\"\n         alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/rocks.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/rocks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/rocks-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1105\" height=\"1087\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-524\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/BlogpostPicture-1-e1774807235358.jpg\"\n         alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/BlogpostPicture-1-e1774807235358.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/BlogpostPicture-1-e1774807235358-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/BlogpostPicture-1-e1774807235358-768x755.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 1105px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p><strong>How Much Wood Is Out There? It Depends on the Method<br><\/strong><em>Gaurav Dhungel<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/03\/11\/how-much-wood-is-out-there-it-depends-on-the-method\/\" id=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/03\/11\/how-much-wood-is-out-there-it-depends-on-the-method\/\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p><strong>Determining optimal locations for targeted tree-planting on national and city-level scales<\/strong><br><em>Madisen Fuller<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/02\/11\/determining-optimal-locations-for-targeted-tree-planting-on-national-and-city-level-scales\/\" id=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/2026\/02\/11\/determining-optimal-locations-for-targeted-tree-planting-on-national-and-city-level-scales\/\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"662\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-457\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/tree_sappling.jpg\"\n         alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/tree_sappling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/tree_sappling-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/tree_sappling-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-441\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/justinbaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/BK-160421-1-e1770664220883.jpg\"\n         alt=\"An aerial view of the NC State Belltower on a fall day. 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