Daniil Scheifes is a PhD candidate in plant ecology at Utrecht University, working on plant ecological strategies. He investigates how trade-offs between carbon gain and water loss are shaped by nutrient…Read More >
Jianpu Bian
Jianpu is a PDRA at the University of Reading working on long-term transient vegetation simulations in the mid-Holocene, and his background is climate dynamics and paleoclimate modeling. Before that, he…Read More >
Plant Respiration: Research Updates from the LEMONTREE Science Meeting (Jan 2026)
Plant respiration is a central yet uncertain component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. While photosynthesis has received sustained theoretical and observational attention, how and why plant respiration acclimates to long-term…Read More >
Wildfires on a changing planet
Wildfires are already transforming ecosystems and societies worldwide. From record-breaking boreal fires to devastating events at the wildland–urban interface, recent years have heightened concern that fire activity will continue to…Read More >
How much of evapotranspiration is actually transpiration?
Evapotranspiration (E) sits at the centre of the water–energy–carbon relationship. Yet a fundamental question remains unresolved: what fraction of ET is due to plant transpiration? Published estimates of the transpiration…Read More >
How plants balance water transport and photosynthesis across the globe
Plants face a fundamental coordination problem: how much carbon to invest in water transport tissues to support a given leaf area. Too little sapwood, and water supply limits photosynthesis; too…Read More >
What the global decline in C4 plants means for the carbon cycle and why it doesn’t fully explain atmospheric isotope trends
As atmospheric CO₂ rises, ecosystems around the world respond in complex and sometimes surprising ways. One such response involves the balance between two major types of plants on Earth: C3…Read More >
How Global Climate Patterns Shape Wildfire Risk in the United States
A new study led by LEMONTREE’s newly minted PhD, Dr Theodore Keeping, uncovers how global climate modes, from El Niño to Atlantic temperature cycles, steer American wildfire patterns today and…Read More >
LEMONTREE 2025 Recap
As the year winds down and we all start consuming our body weight in mince pies and chocolates, it’s time to look back on what’s been a huge year for…Read More >
LEMONTREE at AGU 2025: New Orleans
The AGU Annual Meeting 2025 will take place 15–19 December in New Orleans, Louisiana, bringing together researchers from around the world to share advances across the Earth and space sciences….Read More >
