TERRER LAB | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Ecological Understanding for a Sustainable Future
We leverage field and satellite data to advance knowledge about the terrestrial carbon cycle.
The focus of the Terrer Lab is terrestrial ecosystem ecology.
We study how climate change and anthropogenic activities affect ecosystems, and, conversely, how ecosystem dynamics modulate climate change. We synthesize large datasets of field observations and remote sensing data using meta-analysis, machine learning, and other statistical methods to better understand the global functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.
FLAGSHIP PUBLICATIONS
Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change
JA Hogan, et al. Plants, People, Planet (2024).
Contrasting drought tolerance traits of woody plants is associated with mycorrhizal types at the global scale
X Liu, et al. New Phytologist (2024).
Global patterns of nitrogen saturation in forests
X Cen, et al. One Earth (2024).
Carbon restoration potential on global land under water resource constraints
S Peng, et al. Nature Water, 2024.
Future soil organic carbon stocks in China under climate change
J Wu, et al. Cell Reports Sustainability (2024).