Most ecosystems are powered by the cascade of captured sunshine through plants to higher trophic levels. In a new paper in @Nature we quantify how much energy flows through birds & mammals in old-growth and logged forests in Borneo, and find a surprise nature.com/articles/s4158… We find that there is 2.5 times as much energy flowing through words and mammals in the logged forest than in the old-growth, and that it flows through the same diversity of species. nature.com/articles/s4158…

We have a piece just published in @nature on the potential of #naturebasedsolutions to contribute to limiting global peak temperatures and long-term cooling -if implemented soon but designed for longevity and not a substitute for emissions reductions
nature.com/articles/d4158… The new paper was led by @cecilegirardin
with coauthors @NathalieSeddon
@SimonLLewis @bronsongriscom
Stuart Jenkins Myles Allen Charlotte Wheeler
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Our new paper in @GlobalChangeBio lifts the lid on what goes on in the below-ground carbon cycle in intact and logged tropical forests in Borneo. Intact forest soils are in equilibrium but logged forest soils continue releasing large amounts of carbon many decades after logging This means that when considering the carbon balance of forests recovering from logging we must do more than just consider tree biomass alone. The soils contain an abundance of organic debris that keeps being respired for decades after the logging.