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I would like to draw your attention to a potential PhD project: “Drivers of methane emissions in tropical peatlands” Applications should be submitted by midnight on 31 August 2020 (see link above) Academic Supervisors: A/Professor Angela Gallego-Sala, University of Exeter, UK A/Professor Tim Hill, University of Exeter, UK Professor Sue Page, University of Leicester, UK Dr Jenny […]
Me and Jon McCalmont have been visiting MPOB’s research site in Sessang, Sarawak as part of scoping activities for current and future research. The Oil Palms at this research site are reaching the end of their first rotation. Thanks to all the folks at MPOB for organising (and letting us tag along!).
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 […]
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”. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Eddy Covariance tower at the oil palm conversion site in Sarawak, Malaysia has been runnning for nearly a year now! As always – thanks to everyone (e.g. Ham, Gerald and Elisa) for the day to day work that keeps the tower going. Plants (and the palms!) at the site are really starting to grow.Finally, […]