16 Mar 2021

A new study shows that long-term drought in biodiverse Amazonian tropical rainforest can fundamentally change the soil, increasing the abundance of an unusual...

23 Mar 2017

Research My research is focused on forests, particularly the functioning of tropical forest ecosystems and how this varies in relation to climate, soils and...

24 Nov 2015

Vulnerability to internal plumbing failure puts the tallest trees in rainforests at increased risk of death during drought, a study in the Amazon forests in...

4 Sep 2014

Carbon stored in the world’s soils is more vulnerable to climate change than expected, a study suggests.

11 Mar 2013

A study published in Nature Geoscience concludes that climate-induced damage to tropical forests may be lower than previously thought. Owen Atkin and Patrick...

23 Nov 2012

Staff of RSB have been awarded eleven ARC Discovery Grants, two LIEF (Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities) grants and four DECRA (Discovery Early...

15 Nov 2011

ARC Future Fellowships In the 2011 ARC Future Fellowship and DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) Fellowship round The Research School of Biology...