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Kai, Yiluan, and Clara published a commentary in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The commentary introduces a new study by Pugh et al. on global forest age and carbon sink, pointing out new research directions in forest demography and carbon sequestration. Zhu K, Song Y, Qin C. (2019). Forest age improves understanding of the global carbon sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1900797116 Figure. History of changing forests in New [...]

Kai is invited to give a seminar talk at the University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology. Great to see many colleagues and students doing fascinating works!

Macrophytes are known for improving water quality in temperate shallow lakes, but such effect has been noted to be weaker in the (sub)tropics. Yiluan Song recently published a meta-analysis suggesting that at lower latitudes, the positive effects of macrophytes on lake-water quality may be similar to and sometimes even greater than those at higher latitudes. A related mescosm experiment empirically demonstrated the potential of using emergent macrophytes in the restoration of tropical waterbodies. These [...]

Yiluan Song joins the lab as a new PhD student. Yiluan has a bachelor’s degree with honors in environmental biology from the National University of Singapore. Welcome, Yiluan! Dr. Lan Liu completes her postdoc visit at UC Santa Cruz and returns to East China Normal University. Farewell and keep in touch, Lan!

Kai is interviewed and quoted in a news article in The Guardian. Climate change will make hundreds of millions more people nutrient deficient Crops grown in a high CO2 atmosphere are less nutritious, containing less protein, zinc and iron From The Guardian August 27, 2018 By Nicola Davis Rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious and damage the health of hundreds of millions of people, research has revealed, with those living [...]

Zhu, K., Zhang, J., Niu, S., Chu, C., & Luo, Y. (2018). Limits to growth of forest biomass carbon sink under climate change. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2709. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05132-5 This paper has been selected in the collection entitled “Forests in the Anthropocene” as an example of recent forest research published at Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/collections/ncomms-forests

Zhu, K., Zhang, J., Niu, S., Chu, C., & Luo, Y. (2018). Limits to growth of forest biomass carbon sink under climate change. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2709. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05132-5 New research calculates capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon Gains of only 22 percent over the next six decades represent best-case scenario From UCSC News July 13, 2018 By Jennifer McNulty Researchers have calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in [...]

Soil fungi may help determine the resilience of forests to environmental change From UCSC News March 16, 2018 By Jennifer McNulty Nature is rife with symbiotic relationships, some of which take place out of sight, like the rich underground exchange of nutrients that occurs between trees and soil fungi. But what happens in the dark may have profound implications above ground, too: A major new study reveals that soil fungi could play a significant [...]