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Terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world:

fire, logging, drought, carbon, nutrients, forest degradation and restoration



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  • Fires Reshaping Southern Amazonian Forests: New Research Highlights Degradation and Carbon Loss

    Fires Reshaping Southern Amazonian Forests: New Research Highlights Degradation and Carbon Loss

    We recently published a paper led by PhD student Maurivan Barros Pereira (State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)), supervised by Prof. Ted Feldpausch and co-supervised by Drs Ben Hur Marimon Junior and Fernando Elias da Silva. The findings were published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, “Post-fire changes in tree diversity, composition and carbon…


  • New artwork highlights forests damaged by deforestation and wildfire

    New artwork highlights forests damaged by deforestation and wildfire

    Artwork developed by our Amazon Past Fire and Amazon PyroCarbon Projects, funded by UK NERC and ODA grants, was shown at a new artwork exhibit to highlight deforestation and wildfire. Tipping Point, by Bristol artist Luke Jerram, combined smoke, lights and sound to simulate forest fires. The installation ran at the University of Bristol’s Botanic…


  • China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarships studying tropical forests

    China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarships studying tropical forests

    中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金(博士生项目) Prof Ted Feldpausch is recruiting two students for the China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarships. Up to 50 full-time PhD scholarships are available in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), for September 2025/26 entry. The PhD projects focus on a range of themes related to the ecological and economical impacts of fire, drought,…