Man

Michael Bird

Distinguished Professor

James Cook University

Cairns, Australia

Líneas de Investigación


Terrestrial carbon cycle, biochar, wildfires impacts, geoarchaeology and understanding the trajectory of past and future environmental change in terrestrial ecosystems.

Educación

  •  Isotope Gepchemistry, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA. Australia, 1988

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Professor Full Time

    St Andrews University

    St Andrews, Reino Unido

    2004 - 2008

  •   Professor - Australian Federation Fellow Full Time

    James Cook University

    Cairns, Australia

    2009 - 2013

Formación de Capital Humano


Current

- A reconstruction of the Holocene fire and environmental history from Kinrara Swamp North Queensland (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Deep sand time capsules: past environmental records from sediments surrounding Gledswood Shelter 1, Northwest Queensland, Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Paleoenvironmental analysis of the Georgina River catchment and the wet and dry cycles of late quaternary Australia. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Understanding Kwokkunum Shell Mounds as Landscape Engineering: A Spatial and Temporal Archaeological approach (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Fluid Characterisation of Hydrothermal Mineralisation in the Eastern Fold Belt, mt Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)

Completed

- Multi-proxy evidence of long-term environmental change in northern Australia's tropical savannas (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Weather in a bottle: towards a north Australian hydro climate record (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Fire and environmental change in northern Australian savannas during the Holocene (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Millennial-scale rates of erosion and change in relief in north Queensland using cosmogenic nuclide ¹?Be (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- Nitrous oxide emissions from soil in mango and banana fields: effects of nitrogen rate, fertiliser type, and ground cover practices (2019, Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Chronological modelling of the Torres Strait: a re-evaluation of occupation trends, and expansion of village and ritual sites (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Climate change in the tropics: drought effects on the phenology and eco-physiology of rainforest tree species (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- Soil carbon dynamics under oil palm plantations (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Girraween Lagoon: 155,000 Years of Climate and Vegetation Change (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Paleoclimate and paleoenvironment reconstruction of paleosols spanning the Lower to Upper Cretaceous from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- Climatic and environmental changes in tropical northeastern Australia over the past 18,000 years (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)


Difusión y Transferencia


Editorial (last five years):
I am on the editorial board of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology and Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Earth and Environmental Science)
Invitations and Keynotes (last five years):
I have been invited to present (with expenses at least partly covered) at 15 conferences or workshops in Germany, the US, France, Japan and Australia the last five years, not separately itemized. In 2013 I was invited to:
- National Biochar Workshop, December 16th , University of Sydney
- IAEA Coordinated Research Project meeting ‘Stable isotopes in precipitation and paleoclimatic archives
in tropical areas’ held in Vienna, December 2-5th.
- Academy of Science working group meeting for revisions to ‘The science of climate change: questions
and answers’ November 25th, UNSW, Sydney.
- Sahul Linneaus Workshop on megafaunal extinction, October 21-25th October, Byron Bay.
- IASS workshop ‘Potential Biodiversity and Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Geo-engineering’. May 15-
16th, University of Potsdam, Germany.
Committees (last five years):
- ARC ERA panel (Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences – 2014 and 2018)
- Australian Academy of Science – member of AAS Quaternary Commission (2011-2013)
- Australian Academy of Science - member of Science of Climate Change working group (2010, 2014)
- Vice Chancellors Visiting (advisory) Committee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2014-) - At JCU, Sustainability Advisory Committee, Faculty and School Research Committees
Reviewing:
I have reviewed papers for: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Paleogeogr. Paleoclimatol. Paleoecol., Oecologia, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Holocene, Science, Geology, Limnology and Oceanography, Aust. J. Soil Res., Geoderma, Global Change Biology, , Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Zoology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Human Evolution, Contributions to Zoology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Biotropica, Australian Journal of Soil Science, Ecosystems, Quaternary Geochronology, Endangered Species Research, PLoS One
I have reviewed grant applications for: ARC, NERC (UK), NSF (US), Swiss NSF, Belgian NSF, NSERC (Canada), European Science Foundation, Hong Kong RC, Singapore RC, Austrian RC


Premios y Distinciones

  •   ARC Laureate Fellow

    Australian Research Council (ARC)

    Australia, 2014

    Member of the ARC ERA panel (Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences – 2014 and 2018)


 

Article (111)

Assessing the Reliability of a Small-Scale Legacy Radiocarbon Dataset Using Chronometric Transparency Approaches: Torres Strait Radiocarbon Database
AUSTRALIAN MARINE RADIOCARBON RESERVOIR EFFECTS: ΔR ATLAS AND ΔR CALCULATOR FOR AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND COASTS AND NEAR-SHORE ISLANDS
Directionally supervised cellular automaton for the initial peopling of sahul
Molecular complexity and diversity of persistent soil organic matter
One year of spectroscopic high-frequency measurements of atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O and δ<SUP>13</SUP>C-CO<sub>2</sub> at an Australian Savanna site
Paleo-temperature inferred from brGDGTs over the past 18 cal ka BP from Lake Barrine, tropical NE Australia
Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland
A carbon and nitrogen isotope perspective on ancient human diet in the British Isles
A radiocarbon chronology for Sanamere Lagoon, Cape York Peninsula, using multiple organic fractions
Holocene climate-fire-vegetation feedbacks in tropical savannas: Insights from the Marura sinkhole, East Arnhem Land, northern Australia
Revisiting Michael Bonell's work on humid tropical rainforest catchments: Isotope tracers reveal seasonal shifts in catchment hydrology
A global carbon and nitrogen isotope perspective on modern and ancient human diet
Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering
Landscape rules predict optimal superhighways for the first peopling of Sahul
Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul
Vegetation over the last glacial maximum at Girraween Lagoon, monsoonal northern Australia
A new Quaternary stratigraphy of the Kallang River Basin, Singapore: Implications for urban development and geotechnical engineering in Singapore
A rapid throughput technique to isolate pyrogenic carbon by hydrogen pyrolysis for stable isotope and radiocarbon analysis
Archaeal lipid-inferred paleohydrology and paleotemperature of Lake Chenghai during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition
Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
Coupled rainfall and water vapour stable isotope time series reveal tropical atmospheric processes on multiple timescales
Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica
Net landscape carbon balance of a tropical savanna: Relative importance of fire and aquatic export in offsetting terrestrial production
Palaeochannels of Australia's Riverine Plain - Reconstructing past vegetation environments across the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
Seasonal Shift From Biogenic to Geogenic Fluvial Carbon Caused by Changing Water Sources in the Wet-Dry Tropics
Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal
45,610-52,160 years of site and landscape occupation at Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land plateau (northern Australia)
Better estimates of soil carbon from geographical data: a revised global approach
Data Descriptor: Daily observations of stable isotope ratios of rainfall in the tropics
Early human settlement of Sahul was not an accident
Holocene savanna dynamics in the seasonal tropics of northern Australia
Identifying the 'savanna' signature in lacustrine sediments in northern Australia
Minimum founding populations for the first peopling of Sahul
PARTITIONING OF MICROBIALLY RESPIRED CO<sub>2</sub> BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS CARBON SOURCES DURING BIOCHAR DEGRADATION USING RADIOCARBON AND STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES
Savanna in equatorial Borneo during the late Pleistocene
Selective preservation of pyrogenic carbon across soil organic matter fractions and its influence on calculations of carbon mean residence times
Automated calibration of laser spectrometer measurements of δ<SUP>18</SUP>O and δ<SUP>2</SUP>H values in water vapour using a Dew Point Generator
Dynamics of Charcoal Alteration in a Tropical Biome: A Biochar-Based Study
Palaeogeography and voyage modeling indicates early human colonization of Australia was likely from Timor-Roti
Preferential Production and Transport of Grass-Derived Pyrogenic Carbon in NE-Australian Savanna Ecosystems
The isotopic signature of monsoon conditions, cloud modes, and rainfall type
Amazon Basin forest pyrogenic carbon stocks: First estimate of deep storage
Antarctic ice sheet discharge driven by atmosphere-ocean feedbacks at the Last Glacial Termination
Complexities in the palaeoenvironmental and archaeological interpretation of isotopic analyses of the Mud Shell <i>Geloina erosa</i> (Lightfoot, 1786)
Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests?
Estimating organic carbon content of soil in Papua New Guinea using infrared spectroscopy
Loss and gain of carbon during char degradation
New sedimentary evidence reveals a unique history of C<sub>4</sub> biomass in continental East Asia since the early Miocene
Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea
Stable isotope composition of cave guano from eastern Borneo reveals tropical environments over the past 15,000 cal yr BP
The climate reconstruction potential of <i>Acacia cambagei</i> (gidgee) for semi-arid regions of Australia using stable isotopes and elemental abundances
A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates
Barriers and bridges: early human dispersals in equatorial SE Asia
Benefits of biochar, compost and biochar-compost for soil quality, maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions in a tropical agricultural soil
Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia
Continuous monitoring of stream δ<SUP>18</SUP>O and δ<SUP>2</SUP>H and stormflow hydrograph separation using laser spectrometry in an agricultural catchment
Crop yield, plant nutrient uptake and soil physicochemical properties under organic soil amendments and nitrogen fertilization on Nitisols
Emission of CO<sub>2</sub> from tropical riparian forest soil is controlled by soil temperature, soil water content and depth to water table
Humans, water, and the colonization of Australia
Leaky savannas: the significance of lateral carbon fluxes in the seasonal tropics
Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Stable Isotope Studies of the Dopolan Bauxite Deposit, Zagros Mountain, Iran
Organic carbon isotope and molecular fossil records of vegetation evolution in central Loess Plateau since 450 kyr
Quantification of pyrogenic carbon in the environment: An integration of analytical approaches
QUANTIFYING CHARCOAL DEGRADATION AND NEGATIVE PRIMING OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER WITH A <SUP>14</SUP>C-DEAD TRACER
Sclerochronological analysis of archaeological mollusc assemblages: methods, applications and future prospects
Soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions and crop yield under compost, biochar and co-composted biochar in two tropical agronomic systems
Soil types influence predictions of soil carbon stock recovery in tropical secondary forests
Stable isotopic signature of Australian monsoon controlled by regional convection
The effects of biochar, compost and their mixture and nitrogen fertilizer on yield and nitrogen use efficiency of barley grown on a Nitisol in the highlands of Ethiopia
Tree-scale spatial variability of soil carbon cycling in a mature oil palm plantation
<i>Gracilaria</i> waste biomass (<i>sampah rumput laut</i>) as a bioresource for selenium biosorption
Biochar and biochar-compost as soil amendments: Effects on peanut yield, soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions in tropical North Queensland, Australia
Biochar from commercially cultivated seaweed for soil amelioration
Bioremediation for coal-fired power stations using macroalgae
Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects
Impact of temperature and moisture on heterotrophic soil respiration along a moist tropical forest gradient in Australia
Influence of feedstock properties and pyrolysis conditions on biochar carbon stability as determined by hydrogen pyrolysis
Phosphorus Response and Fertilizer Recommendations for Wheat Grown on Nitisols in the Central Ethiopian Highlands
Pyrogenic carbon from tropical savanna burning: production and stable isotope composition
Soil carbon balance following conversion of grassland to oil palm
Stable Isotope Anatomy of Tropical Cyclone Ita, North-Eastern Australia, April 2014
Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna-forest transition zones on three continents - how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations?
The ameliorating effects of biochar and compost on soil quality and plant growth on a Ferralsol
The biogeochemistry of insectivorous cave guano: a case study from insular Southeast Asia
The carbon isotope composition of semi-labile and stable pyrogenic carbon in a thermosequence of C<sub>3</sub> and C<sub>4</sub> derived char
The influence of C-3 and C-4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems
The Pyrogenic Carbon Cycle
Validating Community-Led Forest Biomass Assessments
Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest nitrogen-cycling characteristics as inferred from plant and soil N-15:N-14 measurements
Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions from a Wet-Dry Tropical Floodplain in Northern Australia
Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes
Charcoal re-combustion efficiency in tropical savannas
Continuous shipboard measurements of oceanic δ<SUP>18</SUP>O, δD and δ<SUP>13</SUP>C<sub>DIC</sub> along a transect from New Zealand to Antarctica using cavity ring-down isotope spectrometry
Contrasting carbon export dynamics of human impacted and pristine tropical catchments in response to a short-lived discharge event
Contrasting photosynthetic characteristics of forest vs. savanna species (Far North Queensland, Australia)
Large rivers and orogens: The evolution of the Yarlung Tsangpo-Irrawaddy system and the eastern Himalayan syntaxis
Late Pliocene-Pleistocene expansion of C<sub>4</sub> vegetation in semiarid East Asia linked to increased burning
Microwave extraction-isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy (ME-IRIS): a novel technique for rapid extraction and in-line analysis of δ<SUP>18</SUP>O and δ<SUP>2</SUP>H values of water in plants, soils and insects
The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pre-treatments - ABOX, ABA and hypy
Algal bioproducts derived from suspended solids in intensive land-based aquaculture
Direct evidence from hydropyrolysis for the retention of long alkyl moieties in black carbon fractions isolated by acidified dichromate oxidation
Field-based cavity ring-down spectrometry of <SUP>13</SUP>C in soil-respired CO<sub>2</sub>
High diurnal variation in dissolved inorganic C, δ<SUP>13</SUP>C values and surface efflux of CO<sub>2</sub> in a seasonal tropical floodplain
On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions
Quantifying pyrogenic carbon from thermosequences of wood and grass using hydrogen pyrolysis
Soil carbon stocks vary predictably with altitude in tropical forests: Implications for soil carbon storage
Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis
Algal biochar: effects and applications
Assessment of hydropyrolysis as a method for the quantification of black carbon using standard reference materials
CADICA: Continuous Automated Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Analyzer with application to aquatic carbon cycle science
Can composition and physical protection of soil organic matter explain soil respiration temperature sensitivity?

Correction (3)

Savanna in equatorial Borneo during the late Pleistocene (vol 9, 6392, 2019)
Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security (vol 4, pg 138, 2018)
Variation in soil carbon stocks and their determinants across a precipitation gradient in West Africa (vol 18, pg 1670, 2012)

Letter (1)

Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna

Review (7)

Stable isotope proxy records in tropical terrestrial environments
Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial
Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security
The role of biochar and biochar-compost in improving soil quality and crop performance: A review
What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?
Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages
The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon
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Michael Bird

Distinguished Professor

College of Science and Engineering

James Cook University

Cairns, Australia

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Gustavo Saiz

Academic

Química Ambiental

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

3
sergio rivera

Investigador principal

TamboAustral EIRL

Valdivia, Chile