Electrical Resistance Tomography measurements. September 13, 2016

Electrical resistance tomography has been measured at the peak of summer drought on the 13th of September. A 62 meters long transect was set up with electrodes that will re-used for repeated measurements during wetter periods (Project ECCOREV CARE, Guillaume Simioni and Simon Carrière, INRA Avignon). Des mesures de résistivité électrique du sol (Electrical Resistance …

Exceptional weather of late summer 2016 breaks two records

The late summer 2016 in Puéchabon will be remembered as exceptional for breaking two historical records in the data series of the experimental site. The most intense tree water stress ever measured at the site and the most intense rainfall event ever recorded happened both within one week. The predawn leaf water potential of Quercus …

New publication in Global Change Biology

Lempereur M, Limousin JM, Guibal F, Ourcival JM, Rambal S, Ruffault J, Mouillot F. (2016) Recent climate hiatus revealed dual control by temperature and drought on the stem growth of Mediterranean Quercus ilex. Global Change Biology doi : 10.1111/gcb.13495.

Soil collection for CO18O and COS flux incubation studies. June 8, 2016

From Dr Lisa Wingate UMR 1391 IPSA INRA Bordeaux France :Our team here in Bordeaux have recently constructed a laboratory to conduct high-resolution gas exchange measurements of CO2 isotopologue concentrations (13CO2 and CO18O) alongside COS concentrations from soil chambers. By measuring the gas exchange of different soils under controlled climatic conditions, we hope to develop a …

Installation du projet TeaTime (Judith Sarneel, Utrecht University). April 26, 2016

Can drinking tea help us understand climate change ? Yes. Teabags can provide vital information on the global carbon cycle. And consumers worldwide can improve climate modelling without much effort or instrumentation. Multinational tea distributors communicate with consumers at a scale not attainable by scientists. That is why we want tea consumers to become our researchers …