Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source

Hannah Carle; David Bauman; Michael N. Evans; Ingrid Coughlin; Oliver Binks; Andrew Ford; Matthew Bradford; Adrienne Nicotra; Helen Murphy; Patrick Meir

doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09497-8

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source

Hannah Carle, David Bauman, Michael N. Evans, Ingrid Coughlin, Oliver Binks, Andrew Ford, Matthew Bradford, Adrienne Nicotra, Helen Murphy, Patrick Meir

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	611-618
Journal	Nature
Volume	646
Issue number	8085
Early online date	15 Oct 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09497-8
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2025

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NSFDEB-NERC: Understanding drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forest
Meir, P. (Principal Investigator) & Mitchard, E. (Co-investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/07/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
Detecting and understanding the responses of tropical rainforest to drought, and the long-term legacy
Meir, P. (Principal Investigator)
Royal Society
31/10/21 → 31/10/27
Project: Research
NSFDEB-NERC: Understanding drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forest
Meir, P. (Principal Investigator) & Mitchard, E. (Co-investigator)
NERC
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Mentioned by 225 News Outlets
Carle, H., Bauman, D., Evans, M. N., Coughlin, I., Binks, O., Ford, A. H., Bradford, M., Nicotra, A., Murphy, H. & Meir, P.
16/10/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
A crucial store of carbon in Australia's tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source
Carle, H. J., Nicotra, A., Bauman, D., Evans, M. N. & Meir, P.
15/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research

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NSFDEB-NERC: Understanding drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forest

Detecting and understanding the responses of tropical rainforest to drought, and the long-term legacy

NSFDEB-NERC: Understanding drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forest

Press/Media

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Mentioned by 225 News Outlets

A crucial store of carbon in Australia's tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source

Cite this