I am excited to share that I will be commencing a PhD at the University of Birmingham investigating the impacts of elevated carbon dioxide, temperature and drought on mangroves' carbon-water dynamics. This research will also utilise hyperspectral imaging to non-discriminately identify stress.

Kicking off this Bluesky action with this recently published paper on mangroves, with @a-gthy.bsky.social and @profchoat.bsky.social

Key findings:
🍃 Foliar water uptake supports water potential recovery
🌊 Tides do not affect xylem sap composition

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pce....

Fascinating organisms!

Interesting paper on predicting drought vulnerability with leaf reflectance spectra in Amazonian trees

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...