The fate of carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation plays a critical role in determining atmospheric CO2 levels and, consequently, climate change. Earth System Models (ESMs) project a non-linear response of the natural carbon cycle, which weakens both land and ocean sinks in response to warming. This leads to a steeper rise in...
We are seeking seven (7) enthusiastic and highly motivated candidates to work on new representation of carbon loss pathways, leveraging novel observations, theoretical understanding, machine learning tools and integration of processes with land surface models. The topics range from modelling microbial carbon use efficiency, extreme fires,...
Earth System Models which are used to assessed the human impact on the Earth Systems predict nitrogen fluxes which deviate from fluxes derived from measurements of nitrogen isotopes. As a consequence of this deficiency these models are likely underestimating the availability of soil nitrogen a major plant nutrient controlling the response of...
The rapid advancement of the big-data-big-model has reached its bottleneck: high computational requirements prevent further development of Terrestrial Biosphere Models (TBM) that need to be integrated over long time scales to simulate the distribution of ecosystems carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes.
A research scientist is sought to join the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) as part of the CLAND Institute of Convergence project in France. The project brings together more than 250 researchers in the Paris Saclay area to tackle the scientific challenge of integrating research on climate change and its impacts on...
A new study by an international research team from the Le Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) demonstrates that ashes produced by fires and transported by wind to lowland tropical forest in Central Africa increase their capacity to remove and sequester carbon dioxide.
A new study by an international research team lead by Prof. David Ellsworth from Western Sydney University in published in Nature Communication elucidates phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in tropical forests and shows how accounting for them improves terrestrial biosphere models.
The Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement is part of the WET HORIZONS project funded by the European Commission. We are looking for two post-doctoral fellows for modelling the response of wetlands to climate change as well as to artificial drainage, restoration and other land uses.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD student to join our team contributing to the EJP-Soil project ICONICA. Our research focuses on land-management solutions for carbon neutrality and reduced environmental impacts of agriculture in Europe and elsewhere.
