Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210101600]
Researchers:
Andrew Ball
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof Chengrong Chen
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Benjamin Turner
(Partner Investigator)
,
Dr Steven Wakelin
(Partner Investigator)
,
Thomas Henry DeLuca
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description Unravelling soil carbon response to warming in fire-affected ecosystems. This project aims to reveal the continental pattern of soil carbon (C) response to warming in fire-affected ecosystems across Australia and to unravel the biogeochemical mechanisms underlying fire’s role in shaping the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. Fire has modified over 40% of the Earth’s land surface and wildfire frequency is predicted to increase under global warming. This project expects to generate new knowledge on how fire influences soil-to-atmosphere C fluxes in a warmer climate using a multi-disciplinary approach. Expected outcomes include an enhanced capacity to predict the terrestrial ecosystem-to-atmosphere C fluxes and their feedbacks to climate under increasing frequency of fire using Earth-system models.
Funding Amount $450,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210101600
- ARC : DP210101600