At LEMONTREE, one of our core objectives is to enhance land surface models by incorporating the dynamic responses of plant processes to environmental changes using the Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory. The…Read More >
Blogs
The P model: challenges we face and plan to address
By Colin Prentice Upscaling: From Leaf to Canopy The P-model helps us to understand plant photosynthesis “writ large” (known as gross primary production, GPP) and so to bridge the gap…Read More >
Soil Moisture: Challenges, Trends and AI
Soil moisture plays a critical role in the Earth’s climate, ecosystem health, and agricultural productivity. However, measuring and interpreting soil moisture is not as straightforward as it may seem. At…Read More >
High-tech imaging offers new insights into UK grasslands
A new study by researchers at Imperial College London, published in Ecological Informatics, shows that hyperspectral sensing—a technology capable of detecting subtle differences in vegetation—can be employed to predict grassland…Read More >
The Crucial Role of Climate and Nitrogen in Leaf Nitrogen Dynamics
A new paper in Ecology Letters led by LEMONTREE’s Alissar Cheaib and Nick Smith from Texas Tech University offers fresh insights into how plants allocate nitrogen across diverse environments. The…Read More >
Life in the shadows: New research on shade plant photosynthesis
Recent research from Utrecht University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has discovered that plants growing in the shade receive more light than previously understood. This discovery, detailed in the…Read More >
Leaf Area Index Framework: a minimalist approach to understanding greening trends
We are thrilled to share our latest Communications Earth & Environment publication, led by LEMONTREE’s Cai Wenjia (Imperial College London): “A Unifying Principle for Global Greenness Patterns and Trends.” This…Read More >
Texas Tech Secondment
By Jan Lankhorst In early September, just days after the successful LEMONTREE annual meeting and subsequent summer school, I landed in Lubbock, Texas. The experimental group has been meeting online…Read More >
WRAPPING UP 2024
As 2024 comes to an end and we reflect on what we’ve achieved this year, it’s hard not to be impressed by the LEMONTREE team. From global conferences to high-impact…Read More >
COP29: Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is climate action.
By Theo Keeping Last month, I attended the first week of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In format, it was much like other conferences I have been to, but more overwhelming…Read More >
