Rachel J. Standish

Aug 22, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | Rachel J. Standish

“Nature-based solutions” are gaining momentum in environmental policy, including in Australia. They involve working with nature to protect, restore or manage ecosystems in a way that benefits both people and the environment. This might include restoring coastal mangroves to protect a community from coastal erosion, or replanting forests to store carbon, provide cleaner air, and create habitat for wildlife. But such solutions must go the distance, if their full potential is to be realised.

Mar 6, 2024 | nature.com | Liting Zheng |Kathryn E. Barry |Peter B. Reich |Michael Scherer-Lorenzen |Nico Eisenhauer |Jürgen Bauhus | +34 more

AbstractPlant diversity effects on community productivity often increase over time. Whether the strengthening of diversity effects is caused by temporal shifts in species-level overyielding (i.e., higher species-level productivity in diverse communities compared with monocultures) remains unclear.

Nov 30, 2023 | nature.com | Marie Sünnemann |Yann Hautier |Maria C. Caldeira |Rebecca L. McCulley |Sally Power |Rachel J. Standish | +1 more

AbstractCovering approximately 40% of land surfaces, grasslands provide critical ecosystem services that rely on soil organisms. However, the global determinants of soil biodiversity and functioning remain underexplored. In this study, we investigate the drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity in grasslands across a wide range of climatic conditions on five continents.

Nov 23, 2023 | openforum.com.au | Rachel J. Standish

This is how carbon farming works. Farmers plant trees on abandoned farmland. The trees take in carbon from the atmosphere as they grow, acting as a natural sink to offset some emissions. For farmers, these carbon-storing plants pay off with carbon credits. It sounds simple. But in recent years, the technique has come under fire over claims the approach is not delivering the carbon credits required to offset Australia’s carbon emissions.

Nov 22, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Rachel J. Standish

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