In order to thrive in a changing climate, plants must adapt their physiology. These adjustments are not just about individual traits changing in isolation, plants must balance multiple processes at…Read More >
Blogs
LEMONTREE AT EGU 2026
It’s almost EGU time — always a highlight of the year! And as always, the conference is set in beautiful Vienna. The team will arrive on Sunday 3rd May for…Read More >
LEMONTREE Science Meeting: Perspectives on Evapotranspiration
In March’s LEMONTREE science meeting we heard from three Early Career Researchers from our working group E: Ecohydrology on the theme of Evapotranspiration (ET). From theoretical advances in carbon–water coupling,…Read More >
Can Changing When We Plant Wheat Help Feed the Future? Insights from Eco-Evolutionary Optimality
As climate change continues to reshape agriculture, one of the biggest challenges we face is how to sustain crop production under increasingly unpredictable conditions. Wheat, which provides around a fifth…Read More >
A new explanation for how photosynthesis acclimates to warming
For decades, vegetation models have described photosynthesis using temperature response curves derived from the Farquhar model. These curves typically assume that parameters such as Vcmax and Jmax respond to temperature…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 >
