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One of the expected effects of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is an increase in plant water use efficiency due to reduced transpiration at the leaf level. Yet, this prediction is based mostly on retrospective analyses of how
A new paper led by Aurore Kaisermann is currently under review in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics discussion. In this paper, we report carbonyl sulphide (COS) production and consumption rates in 27 European and Mediterranean soils and their biotic and abiotic drivers. Our main finding is
Sam’s new paper “non-destructive estimates of soil carbonic anhydrase activity and associated soil water oxygen isotope composition” is now published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. In this paper, we present a non-destructive method to retrieve simultaneously the soil carbonic anhydrase activity and
A new paper led by Samuel Jones is currently under review in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences discussion. In this paper, we present a non-destructive method to retrieve simultaneously the soil carbonic anhydrase activity and the oxygen isotopic composition of soil water that interacts
A new paper led by our PhD student Joana Sauze on the role of pH on the carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity in soils is currently under review in Biogeosciences discussion. This paper demonstrates that soil pH is one of the
In the past few years, carbonyl sulphide (COS or OCS) has emerged as a new promising trace gas to estimate gross primary productivity (GPP, that is how much carbon plants can remove from the atmosphere, check this if you want
Two weeks ago I traveled to Hyytiälä, a fabulous field station 3 h north of Helsinki (Finland). The aim was to meet with about 30 other researchers, at first sight first sight, the group appeared quite heterogeneous, you could find
After an intense few days discussing soil microbial COS and CO18O exchange the ECOFUN team treat their guests to a night out in the beautiful Chartrons area of Bordeaux.
Thomas Sajus joins us for the next 11 weeks to conduct a small project that will contribute to his engineering diploma. He will be hanging out with Steve in the lab developing and testing a new manifold and user interface
Last January, Steven Wohl, Grace Jho and me (Teresa Gimeno) joined Jean-Christophe Domec on his field trip. We drove to a typical maritime pine plantation of ‘Les Landes’ region, managed and supervised (but not owned) by the forest and agricultural