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NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities award for Roel Brienen
The NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities awarded isotope analysis time to Roel Brienen for the research project “Is the hydrological cycle of the Amazon changing? An isotopic tree ring study”.
Nature highlights results on the importance of tree height in estimating biomass
Nature “Research Highlights” featured results from a new paper led by Ted Feldpausch and colleagues from the University of Leeds-based international projects RAINFOR, AfriTRON, TROBIT, and AMAZONICA.
Global importance of pollinators underestimated
Declines in populations of pollinators such as bees and wasps may be a key threat to nutrition in some of the most poorly fed parts of the globe, according to new research.
Amazon inhales more carbon than it emits
A new study led by NASA and co-authored by Professor Emanuel Gloor has confirmed that natural forests in the Amazon remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit.
Live fast and diversify!
Short generation times have been crucial for creating the high species richness of hyperdiverse groups of Amazonian trees, according to new research published in the journal Ecology Letters.