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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The catastrophic flood in Nepal reminds me of the meeting @profbillmcguire.bsky.social @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social and I convened in 2009 on climate forcing of geological and geomorphological hazards. Back then it was about future risks, now it's a reality royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/issue/3...

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Volume 368 Issue 1919 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the physical mathematical and engineering sciences.

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Peter Cox @coxypm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just published, our paper for the 75th anniversary issue of #Tellus. It offers an improved way to quantify carbon cycle feedbacks on climate change, recognising sink saturation at high CO2. doi.org/10.16993/tel...

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A New Method for Characterising Carbon Cycle Sensitivities in Earth System Models | Tellus

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Height does not impair the hydraulic system of the tallest tropical Dipterocarp trees www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... - good to see our #MetabolicScalingTheory predictions we made for scaling of hydraulic resistance and xylem anatomy hold up in some of the tallest trees #allometry #megabiota 🧪🌾🌐

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Height does not impair the hydraulic system of the tallest tropical Dipterocarp trees

Half of the aboveground biomass in forests is stored in a disproportionately small number of very tall trees. These giants are predicted to be more vulnerable to drought-induced damage because height ...

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simonrobjones.bsky.social @simonrobjones.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Why do some plants open their stomata at high temperatures? Our new paper shows that this behaviour is optimal, and a crucial thermoregulation strategy. 🍃 However, this only emerges when the leaf energy balance is fully integrated in the optimisation. This is missing from global models at present!

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Stomatal Decoupling From Photosynthesis Under High Temperatures Is Consistent With Stomatal Optimisation

Many leaf gas exchange models predict that photosynthesis and stomatal conductance are tightly coupled and respond in parallel to changing environmental conditions. However, experiments show that whe...

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Jeff Dukes @dukesjeff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Just published this new paper, with a bunch of fantastic colleagues, with many suggestions for "Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models." Access is free online. We have some great figures, thanks to Victor Leshyk. 🧪🌐🌳🌎

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Did climate change contribute to the LA wildfires? Yes "human-induced warming from burning fossil fuels made the peak January Fire Weather Index more intense, with an estimated 6% increase in intensity, and 35% more probable" Barnes et al (2025) www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

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Climate change increased the likelihood of wildfire disaster in highly exposed Los Angeles area – World Weather Attribution

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Tom Pugh @tompugh.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Some 6 years after this paper was conceived, many online workshops, long discussions and a really community effort right to the end, it is now out in @newphyt.bsky.social Of course this talks the talk, but there is a road still to walk :-)

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simonrobjones.bsky.social @simonrobjones.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

How do leaf carbohydrate dynamics relate to the leaf economic spectrum and what does this mean for modelling the terrestrial biosphere? Find out by reading Asao et al 2024 and the recently published commentary by @docaharper.bsky.social and myself in @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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New insights into the leaf economic spectrum could benefit terrestrial models

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