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As 2024 comes to an end and we reflect on what we’ve achieved this year, it\u2019s hard not to be impressed by the LEMONTREE team. From global conferences to high-impact publications, fieldwork, and workshops, the energy and dedication of everyone involved have been nothing short of inspiring. Here\u2019s a roundup of what\u2019s been happening in our little corner of the scientific world.<\/p>\n

On the Road: Conferences, Fieldwork, and Collaboration<\/h2>\n

This year has been packed with opportunities to connect, share, and collaborate.<\/p>\n

We kicked things off in February at the CESM Land Surface Model Working Group<\/u> meeting, before heading to Vienna in April for EGU 2024<\/u>. Later that same month, we joined the ISIMIP & PROCLIAS Workshop<\/u> <\/strong>in Potsdam, for critical discussions on climate modelling.<\/p>\n

In May, we participated in the Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Policy Challenges<\/u> conference, engaging with policymakers and scientists to explore pathways to actionable solutions.<\/p>\n

Fieldwork continued to be a cornerstone of our efforts, with Colin, Sandy, Wang Han, and the LPICEA team working on the ground in China this June<\/u>. ECR Olivia Haas travelled to Montpellier, France, to deepen her expertise in fire modelling as part of the FIRE-ADAPT<\/u> Project.<\/p>\n

July was packed with back-to-back events: the Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution<\/u> conference in Vienna and the Remote Sensing and Fluxes for Real-World Impact<\/u> workshop in Berkeley.<\/p>\n

In July, we also had a blast attending and presenting at events like the Ecological Society of America<\/u> meeting in Long Beach, California, and the Cross-VESRI convening<\/u> in Cambridge. Add to that the ICCS Summer School<\/u>, and you can see we had a busy first half of the year! But it didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

In August, we held our very first ECR summer school<\/u> in Utrecht, which was an incredible success, bringing together the brightest young minds for an unforgettable learning experience. Utrecht also hosted our in-person annual meeting \u2013 a much-needed chance to reconnect and brainstorm.<\/p>\n

September saw short secondments for two Tsinghua University ECR\u2019s, Yanghang Ren and Zhang Han. Whilst here, they attended the JULES Annual Meeting<\/u> in person with Wenyao Gan (who also attended online). This meeting was held at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) in Wallingford.<\/p>\n

In September, we also ran two workshops in the UK. \u00a0The Energy Partitioning Workshop<\/u> in Hook, where we debated advances in plant pigment research, and the Global Fire Modelling Workshop <\/u>at Dartington Hall, in Devon, exploring the future of fire models.<\/p>\n

Colin and Sandy also spent a fruitful month in October as Distinguished Visiting Professors at Tsinghua University, China. They also visited Peking University for a meeting focused on \u2018Modelling terrestrial ecosystem processes and interactions.<\/u>\u2019<\/p>\n

Early career researchers (ECRs) Theo Keeping, Minxue Tang, and Jiaze Li took the spotlight at major climate events, attending COP29 <\/u>in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Convention of Biological Diversity COP16<\/u> in Cali, Colombia, respectively.<\/p>\n

ECR Jan Lankhorst returned to Utrecht from his 3 month secondment at Texas Tech University. Jan was working with Nick Smith\u2019s team on an experiment to better understand the interplay between soil resource availability and soil resource acquisition strategy on leaf-to-whole plant processes. When one secondment ends, another begins! Jianing Fang from Pierre Gentine\u2019s team at Columbia University has just arrived at Seoul National University for a month of secondment with Youngryel Ryu (not LEMONTREE funded) and his team to implement differential BESS (Breathing Earth System Simulator).<\/p>\n

To end the year, team members were out in force at the AGU Fall Meeting<\/u> in Washington, D.C., representing LEMONTREE alongside colleagues from Texas Tech, Berkeley University, Pittsburgh University, and Seoul National University.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now time for the team to get some well-earned rest.<\/p>\n

Papers, Papers, Papers<\/h2>\n

What a year for publications! The LEMONTREE team has had an extraordinary 2024, with 20 papers published<\/strong> and many more already accepted or in the pipeline. We\u2019ve published in leading journals such as Nature, Science, and another Tansley Review in the New Phytologist. You can check out the publications tab for our full list of 2024 publications, but here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n