Assessing Eucalyptus forest responses to rising CO2 and climate change

大气中二氧化碳含量的上升和降雨状况的相关变化正在迅速改变澳大利亚森林生态系统的功能，并支撑着我们的日常生活。澳大利亚本土的桉树是否能够承受极端气候的影响，如在二氧化碳上升的情况下的干旱和高温，这是该项目旨在解决的一个关键问题。该项目使用一个创新的框架，整合了新知识、数据同化和生态系统建模，将提供急需的证据，以解开气候变化对桉树的多方面影响。这将有助于减少在评估桉树森林在不断变化的澳大利亚景观中的脆弱性和恢复力时的预测不确定性。

Rising atmospheric CO2 and the associated changes in rainfall regimes are rapidly reshaping how Australia’s forest ecosystems function and underpin our daily life. Whether Australia’s native Eucalyptus trees can withstand the impacts of climate extremes such as drought and heat under rising CO2 is a crucial question that this project aims to resolve. Using an innovative framework that integrates novel knowledge, data assimilation and ecosystem modelling, this project will provide critically needed evidence to disentangle the multifaceted impacts of climate change to Eucalyptus trees. This will help reduce the predictive uncertainty in assessing the vulnerability and resilience of Eucalyptus forests in the changing Australian landscape.