Position: Professor Address: York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems Environment Department University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom Email: robert.marchant@york.ac.uk Website: Departmental website
Free hard copy of the upcoming Past Global Changes Magazine
26 March 2026PAGES is committed to providing access to paleoscience in an accessible and informative way. Past Global Changes Magazine is a free magazine with this aim, published twice annually, and delivered in hard copy format, free of charge, to those who are interested. Each issue requires a new order via the webform. This helps […]
Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity 2025 annual report
Interdisciplinary research on biodiversity gains and losses in the Anthropocene, funded by The Leverhulme Trust. LCAB Highlights – Year 6 Our year 6 annual report has been approved by the Leverhulme Trust, and we are pleased to share the public facing version. Our early career researchers have excelled themselves, and we are proud to showcase […]
New publication on tropical peatland burning
Thanks to Yuwan Wang and team for this analysis of multiple paleofire records across tropical peatlands! The analysis builds included data generated during the EU funded REAL project from study sites in Kenya and Tanzania (Githumbi et al., 2018a and 2018b; Courtney Mustaphi et al., 2021a and 2021b; Wang et al., 2026). ABSTRACT Tropical peatland […]
PaperStories: Something Chitinous?
Pubs@ThePub What will we find under the microscope in the next sample? Some plant remains? charcoal? animal fossils? You never fully know until you have a look through the microscope. After preparing the samples and having a look, one item really stood out. Was it a fossil plant seed? or something chitinous, from an invertebrate […]
ERC Synergy Grants 2025 highlights
Synergy Grants 2025: Examples of projects 6 November 2025 Originally posted https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/synergy-grants-2025-examples-projects How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Grants to tackle some of the most challenging scientific questions across a broad range […]
Introducing the new MCAA brand and website
We are proud to share with you our new brand identity and website. This comprehensive update, effective immediately, improves our alignment with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme and enhances compliance with accessibility requirements, ensuring a more inclusive experience for our diverse, global network. The brand is a visual evolution that reflects our new motto, […]
AFRI-CAN: New ERC-Funded Project
to Advance East African Mountain Futures (07.11.2025) article written by MRI, originally posted: https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/news/afri-can-new-erc-funded-project-to-advance-east-african-mountain-futures/ 07.11.25 | 10:11h We are delighted to share that Professor Rob Marchant, former member of the MRI Science Leadership Council and current co-lead of our Mountain Social-Ecological Futures working group, will head the AFRI-CAN project to explore East African mountain social ecological […]
Montane forest changes of East Africa
Githumbi EN, Finch J, Kinyanjui RN, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Musili P, Rucina S, Lejju J, Liljenberg P, Marchant R. 2025. Late Quaternary montane forest dynamics from equatorial East Africa: a biome perspective. Journal of Biogeography 52(9): e15173. [CC BY 4.0 Open Access]
New ARCC project study on past fires around Serengeti
Research Context Soils of Serengeti have been characterised at relatively broad scales (Jager, 1982; Scoon, 2018; Hengl et al., 2015) and are an important influence on vegetation cover and biodiversity (Timbuka and Kabigumila, 2006; Sinclair et al., 2008; Mbise, 2015). The disturbance ecology on the kopje rock outcrops themselves has not investigated in much detail. […]
New publication promotes paleoecological data to understand planetary boundaries
How #paleoecology insights can be integrated into the #planetary health framework to improve our understanding of global #environmental change, and navigate a challenging future, are explored in a new commentary article (Gillson et al., 2025; Bayles et al., 2025). How #paleoecology insights can be integrated into the #planetary health framework to improve our understanding of […]
REAL project Final Report Archived in CORDIS
Resilience in East African Landscapes: Identifying critical thresholds and sustainable trajectories – past, present and future REAL Project Web Documentary “CHANGES” Project Information Grant agreement ID: 606879 Start date: 1 September 2013End date: 31 August 2017 Funded under Total cost € 3 968 063,33 Objectives (CORDIS) The strong temporal dynamics of the East African landscape […]
Videos
REAL Project Web Documentary “CHANGES” REAL ITN members and IIAC-CNRS/EHESS. 2017. “CHANGES”. REAL changes digital documentary. http://www.real-project.eu/changes/ http://webdocs-sciences-sociales.science/real/ University of York Africa Research Network Videos created by REAL members Webinars and recorded seminars https://pecs-science.org/webinar-rebecca-kariuki-on-participatory-scenario-planning-for-conservation/ Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios Webinar. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Resources for the Future. Wed. 20 October 2021, 15:00-16:30 […]