LEMONTREE
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International project using Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory to develop a next-generation terrestrial biosphere model. Led by Sandy Harrison & Colin Prentice. This project is supported by Schmidt Sciences, LLC. research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree
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🌳 Sugar maples sacrifice nitrogen use efficiency for greater water use efficiency while keeping photosynthesis steady. This field test of least-cost theory has big implications for land carbon models. Blog 👇
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Last week, we held the 2nd meeting for the IMFIREDUP consortium on developing the next generation of fire models. Check out our blog by Sophia Cain for the latest fire updates! 👇
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Our annual meeting hosted this year by @youngryel.bsky.social at Seoul National University, brought together our international team to share research updates, plan our next steps and train our ECRs in remote sensing. A very successful week. Read more 👇
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Tomorrow at the #VERSI symposium, LEMONTREE PI Prof Sandy Harrison will be presenting at 4pm UK time (11amET). Don't miss it! register here: schmidtsciences.org/vesri/
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📢New blog by Prof Colin Prentice. Why paleoclimate science matters now- and why ignoring our planet's history is no longer an option. Read more 👇

research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…#paleoclimatet#climatechangeg#earthhistoryry
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📢Check out our blog on why modelling plant nutrient strategies is the key to predicting the land carbon sink. @trevorkeenan.bsky.social @stineb.bsky.social Trevor Cambron.

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How do plants keep absorbing CO2 as nutrients decline?🌱
A new @nature.com study led by Trevor Cambron (MIT) shows why modelling plant nutrient strategies is key to predicting the land carbon sink.
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02386-y
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Hot off the press! A new paper led Prof Sandy Harrison asks " What can paleoclimate data really teach us about today's climate?

📖https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-environ-112922-110121

Prof Colin Prentice will post a blog on this paper later this week-don't miss it!
Paleoclimate Perspectives on Contemporary Climate Change | Annual Reviews
Paleoclimate data have informed contemporary climate science, and could do so more extensively. Quaternary data record glacial–interglacial cycles paced by variations in Earth's orbit. Faster cli...
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📢 Join us on 25th August at Seoul National University for a one-day conference hosted by @youngryel.bsky.social. 🌿 "Next generation land surface model with Eco-Evolutionary Optimality Principles"
Showcasing research from the LEMONTREE team.
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Check out our latest blog on how declining leaf nitrogen concentrations are not a sign of nutrient limitation, but an adaptive response to rising CO2
🔗https://research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/leaf-nitrogen-declines-what-european-forests-reveal-about-co%e2%82%82-acclimation-and-ecosystem-resilience/
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Closing the week #esa2025 for the LEMONTREE team @nickgregsmith.bsky.social presenting a poster on behalf of @alissarcheaib.bsky.social
"The power of traits: How population growth rate is shaped by leaf and plant traits across global environmental gradients"Latebreaking Poster Session (5-6.30pm)
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Glad to hear it! 🤣 Looking forward to hearing how it went and your time at #esa2025! 👌
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At 5pm today at #esa2025, @alissarcheaib.bsky.social will present her poster: 'The satisfaction of leaf nitrogen demand under drought is modulated by soil nitrogen availability and drought severity".

This research highlights that water-nutrient interactions must be jointly considered in models.
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This pm at #esa2025, @snehanjanac.bsky.social will present her work: "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant resource use economics" in session COS-Mycorrhizae 2 (3.30-5pm).

This work examins how AMF affect plant resource use strategies under different water & nutrient regimes👌🌿
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Today at #esa2025: @eaperkowski.bsky.social is presenting his talk:

"Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition"

Session: COS – Physiological Ecology 1. 1.30-3pm.
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You will be great! Can't wait to hear how it goes. 👌