EucFACE

Will Goodwin, Bachelor of Natural Science (Environmental Management). Rising high above the tree tops at our Hawkesbury campus, you’ll be able to see Australia’s largest climate change facility. Will shares more about this groundbreaking experiment and how it works! See VIDEO here    

New Australian research suggests trees may not be the carbon sponges we think they are. The findings compliment a larger international study that suggests the world’s major forests are saturated and will soon begin emitting, not absorbing carbon. Also, the Finish experiment where citizens are… Read More »ABC podcast: Saturated trees and carbon rationing

Researchers at Western Sydney University’s EucFACE (Eucalyptus Free Air CO2 Enrichment)  experiment have found new evidence of limitations in the capacity of mature forests to translate rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations into additional plant growth and carbon storage. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is sometimes described as “food for plants”… Read More »Don’t look to mature forests to soak up carbon dioxide emissions – Nature April 2020

The following opinion piece, co-authored by Professor Benjamin Smith, Director of Research, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, was first published with full links on The Conversation (opens in new window). The alarming rate of carbon dioxide flowing into our atmosphere is affecting plant life in interesting ways… Read More »Yes, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps plants grow, but it’s no excuse to downplay climate change – The Conversation Feb 2020