Oxford Impacts - Rainforest biodiversity

29 July 2013

Portrait of Professor Yadvinder Malhi

with Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Professor of Ecosystem Science

Yadvinder Malhi is Professor of Ecosystem Science at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Programme Leader of the Ecosystems Group at the Environmental Change Institute and the Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel Col...

"Tropical rainforests currently remove around 15% of human CO2 emissions annually....but if you warm the Amazon it actually stops helping us and becomes a potential accelerator of climate change."