Andrei Lapenas
Associate Professor
Geography and Planning
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Andrei Lapenas, an associate professor of climatology at the University at Albany, led a study on how trees are adapting to global warming and found that the typical shape of trees in Russian forests underwent significant transformation in the latter half of the 20th century. The trees are adapting to climate changes brought on by industrialization in the Northern Hemisphere and, according to Lapenas, the forests' diminishing ability to absorb greenhouse gases means that global warming will come sooner than previously thought. The research, which initially appeared in Global Change Biology, was featured in Natural History Magazine (March, 2006).
Research Interest
Global warming; climate change; climatology; Russia
Publications
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Shortle, Walter C., Kevin T. Smith, and Andrei G. Lapenis. "Dendrochemical evidence for soil recovery from acidic deposition in forests of the northeastern US with comparisons to the southeastern US and Russia." Chemosphere 181 (2017): 786-796.
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Lapenis, Andrei, et al. "Climatic factors controlling plant sensitivity to warming." Climatic change 122.4 (2014): 723-734.
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Lawrence, Gregory B., et al. "Early indications of soil recovery from acidic deposition in US red spruce forests." Soil Science Society of America Journal 76.4 (2012): 1407-1417.
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Lawrence, Gregory B., et al. "Early indications of soil recovery from acidic deposition in US red spruce forests." Soil Science Society of America Journal 76.4 (2012): 1407-1417.
