All Outputs (3)

Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic (2025)
Journal Article
García Criado, M., Myers-Smith, I. H., Bjorkman, A. D., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Aastrup, P., Aerts, R., Alatalo, J. M., Baeten, L., Björk, R. G., Björkman, M. P., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Butler, E. E., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Daskalova, G. N., Fadrique, B., Forbes, B. C., Henry, G. H., Hollister, R. D., …Vellend, M. (2025). Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic. Nature, 642, 653-661. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08946-8

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average1 and plant communities are responding through shifts in species abundance, composition and distribution2, 3–4. However, the direction and magnitude of local changes in plant diversity in... Read More about Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic.

The temperature dependence of greenhouse gas production from Central African savannah soils (2025)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Cooper, H. V., Johnston, A. S., Ledger, M., Mouanda Niamba, G., Vane, C. H., Moss-Hayes, V., Crabtree, D., Dargie, G. C., Vasquez, S., Bocko, Y., Wenina, E. M., Mbemba, M., Boom, A., Ifo, S. A., Lewis, S. L., & Sjögersten, S. (2025). The temperature dependence of greenhouse gas production from Central African savannah soils. Geoderma Regional, 40, Article e00934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2025.e00934

Savannahs cover 20 % of the global land surface, but there have been few studies of greenhouse gas (GHG) dynamics from savannah soils. Here, we assess potential turnover of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from surface (0–1... Read More about The temperature dependence of greenhouse gas production from Central African savannah soils.

Plant root carbon inputs drive methane production in tropical peatlands (2025)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Siegenthaler, A., Lopez, O., Stott, A., Ostle, N., Gauci, V., & Sjögersten, S. (2025). Plant root carbon inputs drive methane production in tropical peatlands. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 3244. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87467-w

Tropical peatlands are carbon-dense ecosystems that are significant sources of atmospheric methane (CH4). Recent work has demonstrated the importance of trees as an emission pathway for CH4 from the peat to the atmosphere. However, there remain quest... Read More about Plant root carbon inputs drive methane production in tropical peatlands.