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Artwork simulates the experience of a forest fire

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....

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 7 October 2024

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...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 16 September 2024

EPSRC Funded PhD Studentships for September 2024 entry

Applications open for fully-funded PhDs starting in 2024 The University of Exeter is offering up to 15 fully funded doctoral studentships for September 2024 entry as part of our Doctoral...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 29 November 2023

Postdoctoral Opportunity to Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon Responses to Landscape-Scale Fire in the Amazon

FAPESP Opportunity Postdoctoral Opportunity to Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon Responses to Landscape-Scale Fire in the Amazon This research aims to map and quantify the environmental factors, especially “fire”, that drive...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 27 November 2023

Post-doc to model soil carbon and fire in tropical forests

We are recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to model soil carbon and fire in tropical forests. Summary of the Role We wish to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 21 November 2023

China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarships

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 29 October 2023

Extreme El Niño weather saw South America’s forest carbon sink switch off

Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research. For a long time, tropical forests...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 6 September 2023

People and the Amazon: new display by the Univ of Exeter and Eden Project

Prof Ted Feldpausch and Prof Jose Iriarte developed a new display with the Eden Project to communicate to the public research findings about historical land-use and fire use by pre-Columbian...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 25 August 2023

Research talk at the Eden Project: The history of people and fire in the Amazon rainforest

Expert talk – ‘The history of people and fire in the Amazon rainforest’ Where: The Core Film Room (1st floor), The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK When: 2pm, 11-Sept-2023 People have been living in the Amazon rainforest for...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 1 August 2023

Soil Phytolith Analysis as a Palaeoecological Tool for Identifying Pre-Columbian Land Use in Amazonian Rainforests

Phytolith analysis is a well-established archaeobotanical tool, having provided important insights into pre-Columbian crop cultivation and domestication across Amazonia through the Holocene. Yet, its use as a palaeoecological tool is...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 11 May 2023

Drought will reduce the rainforest’s ability to remove carbon from the environment

In a major collaboration involving 80 scientists from Europe and South America, our research identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 27 April 2023

Doctorate “Sandwich” Program Abroad (PDSE) Scholarship – Feldpausch Research Group

Funding is available for Brazilian students with the Feldpausch Research Group at the University of Exeter through the CAPES and CPNq Doctoral Programme for study abroad (PDSE). Options include a...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 23 April 2023

Teach the teacher: University students at UFAC-Brazil participate in training about fire in Amazonian forests

As part of the NERC-funded Amazon Past Fire project, we coordinated a training session with university students in the secondary education teaching programme at the Federal Universidade de Acre, Brazil,...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 14 April 2023

Degraded and burned forest in Acre Amazonia (image credit: Ted R. Feldpausch)

Post-doc opportunity: Interaction between geospatial monitoring of environmental data and soil carbon.

There is a post-doctoral opportunity at INPE to study forest degradation, fire, and soil carbon using remote sensing.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 10 April 2023

Teach the teacher UFAC-University of Exeter

Workshop at UFAC-Brazil teaches student teachers in training about wildfire in the Amazon

A project in partnership between the University of Exeter and UFAC-Brazil held the 2nd Workshop: Exchange of Knowledge and Teaching on Burning in the Amazon, taught by biologist Yara Araújo...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 23 March 2023

Workshop Exchange of Knowledge and Teaching on Burning in the Amazon, Confresa, MT-Brazil (video)

The Municipal Secretary of Education of Confresa offered the event “I Workshop Exchange of Knowledge and Teaching on Burning in the Amazon”, which took place on February 22, 23 and...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 26 February 2023

Ancient fires enhance Amazon forest drought resistance

In our recent paper, “Ancient fires enhance Amazon forest drought resistance” published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, we studied if ancient fires can alter the response of Amazonian...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 14 February 2023

Tropical Forest Research in Geography at the University of Exeter (video)

Researchers at the University of Exeter describe some of the globally important research that they lead on tropical forests and peatlands.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 3 February 2023

University of Exeter Graduation

Congratulations to all of the students graduating from the University of Exeter this week. Those completing included my PhD student, Dr Laura Vedovato, with her PhD on “From Past to...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 14 December 2022

Fully funded PhD opportunity: Soil carbon dynamics following Amazon Forest fires: quantifying the role of fire severity and charcoal, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). The GW4+ DTP consists of the...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 12 December 2022

Forest Fire History in Amazonia Based on Soil Charcoal and Radiocarbon Dating

In our recent paper, “Forest Fire History in Amazonia Inferred From Intensive Soil Charcoal Sampling and Radiocarbon Dating” published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, we examined the history...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 4 May 2022

QUEX Workshop: Fire Regimes in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Peatlands During the Holocene

A two-day hybrid workshop (both online and in-person) was held on 25th and 26th November 2021 that included 20 participants from different institutions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Colombia, Spain, and Brazil.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 27 November 2021

Workshop “Science and Practices of Fire in Amazonia: past, present and future”

The four-day workshop “Science and Practices of Fire in Amazonia: past, present and future”, organized by the University of Exeter, with Brazilian institutions (Cemaden, INPE and UNEMAT), was held between...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 14 November 2021

Workshop on Science and Practices of Fire in Amazonia: past, present, future

The Workshop held by the University of Exeter, National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), and University of Mato Grosso...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 2 November 2021

Using Charcoal Reflectance to Understand Fire and Carbon Dynamics in Amazonia

Research at the University of Exeter examines how measurements of charcoal reflectance can be used to understand fire regimes and carbon dynamics in tropical forests in South America.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 7 June 2021

Fires from 2015 El Niño drought burned “fire-resistant” wet forests in central Amazonia

A new study by Pontes-Lopes et al. 2021 examining the impacts of the record-breaking drought and fires caused by the 2015/2016 El Niño has found that even the wet forests of...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 21 May 2021

Masters and PhD selection in the Tropical Forests Science Programme at INPA, Brazil

The public selection process is now open for assessing and selecting candidates for admission to the Masters and PhD programme in the Tropical Forests Science Programme at the National Institute...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 18 May 2021

African rainforests remained a carbon sink during record heat and drought

In our recent work studying the impact of record heat and drought on intact African tropical rainforests there was surprising resilience to the extreme conditions during the last major 2015/2016...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 17 May 2021

Two PhD students funded to study forest degradation and recovery within the Global Systems Institute

Two complementary PhD studentships have been funded thanks to donations from long-term University of Exeter supporters, the A. G. Leventis Foundation. Both will be based within the Global Systems Institute...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 12 May 2021

Fire-related forest properties observed using Landsat and radar data

Fire is an important cause of disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems and can has a major impact on biodiversity. We evaluated the effect of fire regime on species richness and tree...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 28 April 2021

Special Issue: Transformation of Tropical Forests Through Fire

The fire regime of tropical forests is changing rapidly, with implications for forest cover, carbon storage, species composition, biodiversity, function, and climate. These changes are having a range of impacts...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 21 December 2020

Scientists unravel how and why Amazon trees die

A huge new study has unravelled what factors control tree mortality rates in Amazon forests and helps to explain why tree mortality is increasing across the Amazon basin. The capacity...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 11 November 2020

PhD in Geography (NERC GW4+ DTP): The ecology of lightning strikes – How many trees in tropical forests killed by lightning?

We are seeking qualified and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD studying how lighting affects tree mortality, carbon dynamics, and forest composition in tropical forests. Applications for the NERC GW4+...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 26 October 2020

The global abundance of palm trees

A major study in forests across the tropics is the first global assessment of palm tree numbers to better understand forest composition, diversity, and to reduce uncertainty about the role...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 6 July 2020

Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon

Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continue to have an impact on the biodiversity of the Amazon, a major new study shows.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 15 June 2020

Tropical forests beat the heat, but have limits

Tropical forests face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to store large amounts of carbon in a warmer world if...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 22 May 2020

Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, in Amazonia and tropical Africa forests

Competition among trees is an important driver of community structure and dynamics in tropical forests. Neighboring trees may impact an individual tree’s growth rate and probability of mortality, but large-scale...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 16 May 2020

Capacity of tropical forests to act as a carbon sink is rapidly weakening

The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 4 March 2020

Fire effects on understory forest regeneration in southern Amazonia

There has been a large increase in deforestation and wildfire in Amazonia over recent years. Fire in tropical forests increases tree mortality, degrades forest structure, and reduces carbon stocks (Figure...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 14 February 2020

Using charcoal to improve the understanding of fire behaviour in different biomes

New research in Geography at the University of Exeter is developing a charcoal reflectance methodology into a novel metric with which to assess fire severity and the amount of energy...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 13 December 2019

Developing fire-vegetation modelling

Fire is an important disturbance factor on the land surface, and effects carbon, nitrogen and water cycles, and it is therefore important to be able to represent this process in...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 24 November 2019

PhD in Geography (NERC GW4+ DTP): The ecology of lightning strikes: How many trees in tropical forests killed by lightning?

We are seeking qualified and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD studying how lighting affects tree mortality, carbon dynamics, and forest composition in tropical forests.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 15 October 2019

PhD in Geography (NERC GW4+ DTP): Forest degradation and ecosystem services in tropical montane forests

We are seeking qualified and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in forest degradation and ecosystem services in tropical montane forests.

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 7 October 2019

Fire reverses carbon sink in seasonally flooded forests in southern Amazonia

Our recent research highlights the negative effects of fire on the forest carbon sink in seasonally flooded forests in southern Amazonia, an area rich in diversity at the forest-savanna transition, including...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 15 August 2019

Refinement of IPCC default rates of aboveground net biomass change for tropical and subtropical forest

Previous research (Feldpausch et al. 2007) by my group showed the variation in rates of carbon uptake by regrowing secondary forests. Our new research published this month refines IPCC default rates...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 16 July 2019

Tropical rainstorms and a wobbly rope bridge in the cloudy treetops at the Eden Project’s new Weather Maker

Visitors to the Eden Project can now trek across an aerial rope bridge, shelter from tropical rain and travel through clouds thanks to the opening of a thrilling new rainforest...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 20 April 2017

Drought stalls tree growth and shuts down Amazon carbon sink

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin’s carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 6 July 2016

First direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests ‘inhale less carbon’

For the first time, an international research team, including Dr Ted Feldpausch, a tropical forest ecologist from the University of Exeter, has provided direct evidence of the rate at which...

Posted by Ted Feldpausch on 5 March 2015

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