Jingfeng Xiao
@jingfengxiao.bsky.social
A global ecologist who strives to understand the impacts of climate change and human activities on the Earth’s biosphere and the feedbacks to the climate.
https://globalecology.unh.edu
https://globalecology.unh.edu
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment just published our review article: Insights into terrestrial carbon and water cycling from the global eddy covariance network. This is a highly collaborative effort. Coauthors: Dennis Baldocchi, Kazu Ichii, Fei Li, and Dario Papale.
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
Insights into terrestrial carbon and water cycling from the global eddy covariance network - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Long-term monitoring is essential to characterizing the responses of carbon and water fluxes to global environmental change drivers. This Review synthesizes the insights gained into these changes from...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment just published our review article: Insights into terrestrial carbon and water cycling from the global eddy covariance network. This is a highly collaborative effort. Coauthors: Dennis Baldocchi, Kazu Ichii, Fei Li, and Dario Papale.
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
Glad to be on the Highly Cited Researcher list (Clarivate) again. clarivate.com/highly-cited...
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Glad to be on the Highly Cited Researcher list (Clarivate) again. clarivate.com/highly-cited...
Our new RSE paper led by postdoc Jingyi Bu is out. Use of GEDI-derived canopy structural complexity metrics improves upscaling of flux tower data. GPP & ET increase with higher structural diversity. Ecosystems w/ complex structures are more resilient to drought
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August 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Our new RSE paper led by postdoc Jingyi Bu is out. Use of GEDI-derived canopy structural complexity metrics improves upscaling of flux tower data. GPP & ET increase with higher structural diversity. Ecosystems w/ complex structures are more resilient to drought
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lVkB7qzT7...
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Just searched the entire terminal 5 at LAX and finally found a power outlet on a wall. Come on, it's 2025!
August 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Just searched the entire terminal 5 at LAX and finally found a power outlet on a wall. Come on, it's 2025!
A new study in Nature Climate Change shows contrasting biological production trends over land and ocean. Led by Yulong Zhang at Duke. I am glad to be part of the team. The last study that looked at production over both land and ocean was published in 1998.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A new study in Nature Climate Change shows contrasting biological production trends over land and ocean. Led by Yulong Zhang at Duke. I am glad to be part of the team. The last study that looked at production over both land and ocean was published in 1998.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Brisbane's Big Ben
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Brisbane Eye (compared to London Eye)
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Brisbane Eye (compared to London Eye)
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Brisbane's Big Ben
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Brisbane Eye (compared to London Eye)
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Brisbane Eye (compared to London Eye)
You are welcome to submit an abstract to our AGU session. Conveners: @atkinsjeff.bsky.social, Qinfeng Guo, Erin Crockett, & myself.
Our invited speakers are:
Catherine Fahey (SERC)
Ruben Valbuena (SUL)
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Our invited speakers are:
Catherine Fahey (SERC)
Ruben Valbuena (SUL)
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July 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You are welcome to submit an abstract to our AGU session. Conveners: @atkinsjeff.bsky.social, Qinfeng Guo, Erin Crockett, & myself.
Our invited speakers are:
Catherine Fahey (SERC)
Ruben Valbuena (SUL)
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
Our invited speakers are:
Catherine Fahey (SERC)
Ruben Valbuena (SUL)
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
What a nice case study! There happens to be an eddy covariance tower there, and it collected data both and before these events.
Years of drought turn forest into source of CO₂ - Press release on our research with @simonhaber.bsky.social and @chriswernerlab.bsky.social at @icos-ri.eu site DE-Har, showing tree mortality following droughts has fundamentally shifted forest structure & functioning uni-freiburg.de/en/years-of-...
July 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What a nice case study! There happens to be an eddy covariance tower there, and it collected data both and before these events.
I knew this would happen. Australia is definitely not the only one. Scientists are vital assets to have for any country.
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
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July 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I knew this would happen. Australia is definitely not the only one. Scientists are vital assets to have for any country.
ROSES 2025 is finally out. All programs related to carbon cycle, climate change, terrestrial ecology, IDS, ..., have been cut. I knew it wouldn't look good, but I never thought all these programs would be entirely removed.
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ROSES-2025 Table 3
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July 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ROSES 2025 is finally out. All programs related to carbon cycle, climate change, terrestrial ecology, IDS, ..., have been cut. I knew it wouldn't look good, but I never thought all these programs would be entirely removed.
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Our new paper in GRL reveals widespread and divergent post-drought loss of gross primary production (GPP). 1/4 of the drought-induced GPP loss occurred after the drought, with a global mean of ∼0.74 Pg C yr−1. Led by Zhuoyi Zhao and Yanlian Zhou.
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Widespread and Divergent Post‐Drought Loss of Gross Primary Production
∼23.89% (0.74 Pg C yr−1) of drought-induced gross primary production (GPP) loss occurred during the post-drought periods Higher proportions of post-drought GPP loss were observed in humid regions...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Our new paper in GRL reveals widespread and divergent post-drought loss of gross primary production (GPP). 1/4 of the drought-induced GPP loss occurred after the drought, with a global mean of ∼0.74 Pg C yr−1. Led by Zhuoyi Zhao and Yanlian Zhou.
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How much energy does it take to generate one ChatGPT request? What about water use and the broader climate impact of generative AI? UCS’s José Pablo Ortiz breaks it down, and explains why we need smart policy to guide this tech. Read the blog:
What Are the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence?
A single AI-focused data center can use as much electricity as a small city and as much water as a large neighborhood.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How much energy does it take to generate one ChatGPT request? What about water use and the broader climate impact of generative AI? UCS’s José Pablo Ortiz breaks it down, and explains why we need smart policy to guide this tech. Read the blog:
In urban areas, the urban heat island phenomenon will make heatwaves worse.
#IPCC's 2022 #ClimateReport shows heatwaves in Europe will become more frequent, more intense & will last longer.
By 2050, about half of the European population may be exposed to high or very high risk of heat stress during summer.
➡️ bit.ly/IICpt13
By 2050, about half of the European population may be exposed to high or very high risk of heat stress during summer.
➡️ bit.ly/IICpt13
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In urban areas, the urban heat island phenomenon will make heatwaves worse.
Our new paper led by Bin & Hankui in ISPRS: Estimating carbon fluxes over North America using a physics-constrained deep learning model. The novelty is to use a time-series deep learning model to jointly estimate NEE, GPP, and RECO while accounting for a physical constraint (i.e., NEE = RECO-GPP).
Estimating carbon fluxes over North America using a physics-constrained deep learning model
Quantifying terrestrial ecosystem carbon fluxes, including net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2, gross primary production (GPP), and ecosystem respirat…
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July 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our new paper led by Bin & Hankui in ISPRS: Estimating carbon fluxes over North America using a physics-constrained deep learning model. The novelty is to use a time-series deep learning model to jointly estimate NEE, GPP, and RECO while accounting for a physical constraint (i.e., NEE = RECO-GPP).
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Just posted an OpEd in our local paper, the Brentwood Press, on defending science, as encouraged by
@wclivestream.bsky.social and others
@natureatcal.bsky.social
www.thepress.net/opinion/we-s...
@wclivestream.bsky.social and others
@natureatcal.bsky.social
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We should not dismantle science across America
The Trump administration is destroying our scientific institutions, its infrastructure, and intellectual capital at an unprecedented pace. Scientists are being fired without cause from many federal ag...
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June 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just posted an OpEd in our local paper, the Brentwood Press, on defending science, as encouraged by
@wclivestream.bsky.social and others
@natureatcal.bsky.social
www.thepress.net/opinion/we-s...
@wclivestream.bsky.social and others
@natureatcal.bsky.social
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“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work."
- Mark Twain
#lighteningstorm #lightening #BWFri #Scape #EastCoastKin #WhiteFri #BlackFri #ColorADay
- Mark Twain
#lighteningstorm #lightening #BWFri #Scape #EastCoastKin #WhiteFri #BlackFri #ColorADay
June 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work."
- Mark Twain
#lighteningstorm #lightening #BWFri #Scape #EastCoastKin #WhiteFri #BlackFri #ColorADay
- Mark Twain
#lighteningstorm #lightening #BWFri #Scape #EastCoastKin #WhiteFri #BlackFri #ColorADay
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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“Heatwaves are no longer just a physical threat—they may also be affecting our mental well-being. A new study has revealed a direct link between extreme heat exposure and increased risks of depression and anxiety.”https://urbanacres.in/heatwave-exposure-raises-depression-risk-by-13/
Heatwave exposure raises depression risk by 13%
Heatwave exposure raises depression risk by 13%, A new study shows a 13% rise in depression and 12% in anxiety risk among adolescents expo....
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June 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Heatwaves are no longer just a physical threat—they may also be affecting our mental well-being. A new study has revealed a direct link between extreme heat exposure and increased risks of depression and anxiety.”https://urbanacres.in/heatwave-exposure-raises-depression-risk-by-13/
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A new study published today in @nature.com, co-authored by researchers at the University of Minnesota, Project Drawdown, and other institutions, reveals a troubling feedback loop 🔁:
drawdown.org/news/climate...
drawdown.org/news/climate...
Climate change increases global farmland area and agricultural emissions, study finds
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A new study published today in @nature.com, co-authored by researchers at the University of Minnesota, Project Drawdown, and other institutions, reveals a troubling feedback loop 🔁:
drawdown.org/news/climate...
drawdown.org/news/climate...
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Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
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June 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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Interesting article. It appears the entire carbon credit system can use lots of rethinking and improvement.
2023: “Carbon credits are a core pillar of Australia’s climate change strategy. However, depending on offsets to meet emission reduction goals is mathematically impossible and a recipe for climate disaster.” australiainstitute.org.au/post/carbon-....
The Problem with Carbon Credits and Offsets Explained - The Australia Institute
Carbon credits are a core pillar of Australia’s climate change strategy. But integrity issues threaten to jeopardise emission-reduction efforts.
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June 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Interesting article. It appears the entire carbon credit system can use lots of rethinking and improvement.
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
Came across aspen oyster mushrooms while walking in the woods on Sunday.
June 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Came across aspen oyster mushrooms while walking in the woods on Sunday.
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New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Our new study in AFM shows that there is no widespread decline in canopy conductance under elevated atmospheric CO2.
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No widespread decline in canopy conductance under elevated atmospheric CO2
Leaf stomatal conductance and transpiration rates have been commonly presumed to decline under elevated CO2 concentrations (eCO2) via partial stomatal…
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May 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our new study in AFM shows that there is no widespread decline in canopy conductance under elevated atmospheric CO2.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...