It’s been nearly five years in the making, and now it’s almost here! The Trees of My Country: A Natural History of India in 50 Trees, published by Aleph, will hit the bookstores soon.

It took me across India, this great country of the trees, from the steamy forests of the Andaman and Nicobar islands to the high Himalaya, from the coral atolls of Lakshadweep to the far reaches of Arunachal […]

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Asymmetric #Microclimate effects of #Afforestation across vertical stratification: a five-year field observation on the #LoessPlateau

#ClimateChange | #Long_termFieldMonitoring

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag091

#Afforestation in subtropical #KarstEcosystems drives #SoilOrganicCarbon accumulation through distinct, depth-dependent pathways --- fostering microbial activity in the topsoil and enhancing mineral protective capacity.

#Lignin | #MicrobialNecromassCarbon | #SoilDepth | #SubtropicalRegion

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf166

Massive news in carbon sequestration: The Taklamakan Desert's "Green Wall" is now a verified carbon sink. Satellite data shows a 1-2 ppm CO2 drop over the region during wet seasons. 66 billion trees later, a "biological void" is now helping the planet breathe. 🌍🛰️

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/china-has-planted-so-many-trees-around-the-taklamakan-desert-that-its-turned-this-biological-void-into-a-carbon-sink

#ClimateScience #Afforestation #CarbonSink

Tree planting had an overall minimal effect on soil fauna communities across multiple former ecosystem types at the global scale, but for a specific former ecosystem type (such as deserts), the impact on reforestation of former forested sites and former non-forested lands may vary.

#Afforestation | #Reforestation | #Abundance | #Biomass | #Diversity | #Meta_analysis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf147

Planting Trees to Heal Old Wounds: Can a Desert Forest Save the Aral’s Last Residents?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/planting-trees-to-heal-old-wounds-can-a-desert-forest-save-the-arals-last-residents/

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Depth-dependent mechanisms underpinning #SoilOrganicCarbon accumulation following #Afforestation

#Lignin | #MicrobialNecromassCarbon | #KarstEcosystem | #SoilDepth | #SubtropicalRegion

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf166