Our research explores how global change impacts carbon and nutrient cycling through terrestrial ecosystems, primarily forests, and integrates this knowledge into terrestrial biosphere and Earth system models with the goal of improving climate change projections informing climate policy and decision-making from local to global scales.
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News
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November 2025: New study out on spatio-temporal patterns of extreme climate events:
Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming |
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October 2025: New invited article in Biogeosciences Leaders of Tomorrow (JGR Biogeosciences Special Collection on Emerging Scientists):
Nitrogen Cycling in Earth System Models: From Constraining Carbon Budgets to Projecting Pollution for Planetary Stewardship |
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October 2025: New study out on forest regeneration:
Global “Climate Opportunity Benefit” of Forest Regeneration: Meta-Analysis Shows Warming From Soil CH4 and N2O Is Small Relative to Agriculture |
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Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Assistant Professor
School of Resource and Environmental Management Faculty of Environment Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University respectfully acknowledges the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples on whose unceded traditional territories our three campuses reside. |
