This group incorporates the core disciplinary strengths of soil science , plant and animal physiology, atmospheric physics and spatial systems modelling  to address greenhouse gases (GHG) emission mechanisms and quantification as well potential mitigation and adaptive responses of land bases industries The research covers, basic, applied and development activities although the large part focuses on the applied research to develop national and international mitigation and adaptation strategies in the following areas:

 

•    Greenhouse gas emissions(GHG)and Mitigation from  managed land systems
The research covers both basic studies of the processes contributing the GHG emissions and applied research to quantify the GHG emissions and identify the measures to mitigate the GHG emissions.  The group strength covers the following areas:
•    The studies on soil and animal processes responsible for GHG (N2O, CH4 and CO2) emissions the agriculture and planted forest systems.
•    Methodology to quantifying the emissions in different scales, from laboratory experiment, to field and landscape scale.
•    Development, calibration and validation of process based models to predict the GHG emissions in order to scale up the point and local measurement to catchments, regional and national scale.
•    Strategies and practices to reduce the GHG emission while sustain the plant and animal productions.
•    Impacts of  and potential adaptation strategies for  climate change on managed  land systems
This research is primarily concentrated in the following areas:
•    The implications of climate change on natural resource and environmentally sustainability, such as water quantity and quality, salinity, biodiversity, and impact on the resource management strategies, such as the C sequestration in soil.
•    The evaluation of the impacts of elevated CO2 levels on the grains industry, viticulture and forestry and C sequestration in forestry.  In particular, the new research consortium, led by the member in this group, to establish the Australian first Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) research facility sponsored by Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), GRDC and ARC.
•    The impacts of and potential adaptation measures for climate change for agricultural industries