Huiying Xu

How plants balance water transport and photosynthesis across the globe - Lemontree New research shows how eco-evolutionary optimality explains global variation in sapwood–leaf area ratios, linking plant hydraulics, climate and photosynthesis.

No time for long paper? Check out our blog to find out how plants balance water transport 💦 and photosynthesis ☀️🍃 across the globe in 5 mins!
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How plants balance water transport and photosynthesis across the globe - Lemontree New research shows how eco-evolutionary optimality explains global variation in sapwood–leaf area ratios, linking plant hydraulics, climate and photosynthesis.

Following on from yesterday, here's our latest blog on the paper by @huiyingxu.bsky.social & Wang Han et al.,👇
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New paper alert🔔My last PhD chapter is published📣
Our new study explains how the ratio of sapwood to leaf area🌿varies with hydraulic traits and climate on a global scale. Our theoretical model can capture almost 60% of trait variation.
Stay tuned! Blog is on the way

If you’re interested in 🌳 optimal sapwood area, come check out my poster B13J-1671 “How Much Sapwood Do Trees Maintain? Insights from Age and Water Balance” at Hall EFG from 2:15 to 5pm on Monday Dec 15. 👇 #AGU25

Global Carbon Budget 2025 Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette...

Published today in Earth System Science Data: The Global Carbon Budget 2025
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ESD Ideas: Climate tipping is not instantaneous – the duration of an overshoot matters Abstract. Climate tipping points are not committed to occur automatically upon crossing critical thresholds in global warming, as is often assumed. Instead, it is possible to temporarily overshoot a t...

Crossing a climate tipping point doesn't mean tipping is inevitable - a threshold can be temporarily passed if overshoot is short-lived.

Limiting time over 1.5 °C would considerably reduce tipping point risks.

New Ideas paper from @exeter.ac.uk & UKCEH: esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/... 🧪

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) SD-25116 – PHD IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS MODELLING

New FATES PhD position in Luxembourg :). app.skeeled.com/offer/c/68a8...

PhD Position on Sea Ice in the Arctic Climate System Join the team to investigate Arctic sea ice decline and the warming Arctic Ocean, by combining satellite data and modelling.

📢 Fully funded PhD opportunity at #IMAU, @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Join us in exploring the role of Arctic sea ice in the climate system.
🌍 Satellite data 📡, climate models 🧊, polar science ❄️
4 years. Part of the NWO-Summit programme #EMBRACER.
Apply here 👉 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...