Anthropogenic climate change brings many challenges for society, and for science. But without knowledge of past climate changes and their impacts, we are flying blind. Climate changes, with diverse causes,…Read More >
Principal Investigator
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 >
Optimal root zone capacity from an ecological perspective
Benjamin Stocker Root zone water storage capacity (S0) is related to the rooting depth and the availability of water holding capacity across a soil profile. It is an important property…Read More >
FIRE-ADAPT
January saw the start of a new project that Colin Prentice and Sandy Harrison are part of. The project is called FIRE-ADAPT, a project that will investigate how integrated…Read More >
10 Questions with Dr Heather Graven
“We are all connected through the atmosphere and that is really fascinating” Dr Heather Graven is a PI on the LEMONTREE project with her research focused on the use…Read More >
10 Questions with Professor Iain Colin Prentice
“You can generally trust the data, but not necessarily the interpretation” Professor Iain Colin Prentice from Imperial College London is the Science Strategy Lead for LEMONTREE and lead PI for…Read More >
10 Questions with Prof Sandy Harrison
“Be prepared for serendipitous events” Sandy is a Professor in Global Palaeoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles at the University of Reading. She was awarded her BA (Hons) from Cambridge,…Read More >
LEMONTREE experimental scientists ascend upon the Rocky Mountains to test eco-evolutionary optimality theory
The experimental plant physiology group from Texas Tech University (TTU) traveled to the Rocky Mountains to test eco-evolutionary optimality theory along a >1000-meter elevational gradient in support of the LEMONTREE…Read More >
