SPA Research Lab: Interdisciplinary Research for Enhanced Natural Climate Solutions
Lucas Silva is an academic expert in ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, with a focus on soil-plant-atmosphere interactions. His research advances ecological management and sustainability of a broad range of ecosystems, promoting innovative strategies to address climate change impacts on people and landscapes while enhancing water and nutrient conservation, biodiversity protection, and carbon sequestration.
Recent Media:
- How the ancient Amazonian 'dark earth' could save Earth’s future (BBC Focus, Dec. 15, 2024)
- Ancient Amazonians created mysterious ‘dark earth’ on purpose (Science Magazine, Sept. 20, 2023)
- Accounting for carbon from forest to estuary (OVPRI, Oct. 9, 2023)
- UO study will engage rural, Indigenous groups on climate issues (OregonNews, Aug. 9, 2023)
- Students use UO sustainability data to seek climate solutions (OregonNews, March 24, 2022)
- New Thoughts on Amazonia’s Dark Earth (Archaeology Magazine, Jan. 6, 2021)
- UO duo finds way to predict shifts in watersheds as climate changes (OregonNews, May 7, 2018)