Lightning Project: Starting the forest Census in Ghana
Silvio Stivanello and the Team from FORIG and Ankasa start the census at the Ankasa Forest Reserve in Ghana
Lightning Project: Scoping the study site in Ankasa, Ghana
I am returning home from a fieldwork in Ghana. We (me and Silvio Stivanello from Cardiff University) were working with collaborators from Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) Stephen Adu-Bredu, Akwasi and Jonathon on the Lightning Project. This week we have been busy exploring the Ankasa Forest Reserve in the Southwest of Ghana, looking for […]
Eddy Covariance Job Opportunity
I would like to draw your attention to a 30 month PDRA job opportunity: Using Eddy Covariance to investigate the greenhouse gas emissions from Oil Palm plantations on tropical peat. The PDRA will be working on a project funded by the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) entitled: “Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Tropical Peatland”. […]
PhD Opportunity: Lightning and Tropical Trees
I would like to draw your attention to a potential PhD project, entitled “The Ecology of Lightning Strikes: How many Trees in Tropical Forests Killed by Lightning?”. Application deadline: 11th May 2018 The project is one of a number of projects that are competing for Exeter Geography PhD funding via GW4+. If you are interested, […]
DRIVING C – field trip
A break from exploring sites in Sevilleta long-term ecological research (LTER) site for the NERC DRIVING C inception field-trip. The photo is of the UK members of the DRIVING C team: (left to right) Timothy Hill, Richard Brazier, Fabio Boschetti, Karen Anderson, Andrew Cunliffe and Stephen Sitch.
3D Structure of Oil Palm
An initial 3D ‘structure from motion’ model created by Dominic Fawcett. This image is centered on our 20 m eddy covariance tower in the 10 year oil palm site and is based on drone imagery collected by Dominic in the trip to Malaysia earlier in the year. Even in this initial model, the structure of […]
Carbon Emissions from Oil Palm
I have been lucky enough to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter for a few days, and I am back checking up on our Eddy Covariance system in the oil palm plantation near Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. In fact, aside from a few issues, the systems have been working very well. Following conversion in 2016, the palms […]
Checking the Replicated Eddy Covariance
This week is Opportunities Week (reading week) for the students, so I was able to use the opportunity for a quick site visit to Rothamsted. Two months in, the new Replicated Eddy Covariance systems are both running smoothly – with little in the way of maintenance needed – though this could also be due to […]
PhD Opportunity 2: Environmental Impacts of Oil Palm
I would also like to draw your attention to a second potential PhD project, entitled “Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Oil Palm Production in Malaysia”. Application deadline: 7th January 2018The project is one of a number of projects that are competing for GW4+ funding. This project will attract additional CASE funding and will involve fieldwork […]
PhD Opportunity 1: Lightning & Tropical Forests
I would like to draw your attention to a potential PhD project, entitled “The Ecology of Lightning Strikes: How many Trees in Tropical Forests Killed by Lightning?”. Application deadline: 7th January 2018The project is one of a number of projects that are competing for GW4+ funding. If you are interested, you can find more information […]