Bob Rees

Personal profile

Research interests

A Professor in Agriculture and Climate Change, with research interests in carbon sequestration, agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation. A soil and environmental scientist, with a long established history of research in nitrogen and carbon cycling and soil management in a range of crop and soil systems. A significant involvement in EU funded research programmes, and recently co-ordinated Legume-Futures an EU Framework project on the role of legumes in farming systems. A participant in the recent projects on Marginal Abatement Cost Curves, and in an EU project on climate change adaptation. Currently expanding research activities on greenhouse gas mitigation in China and South Asia.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Aberdeen

Bachelor, University of Exeter

Keywords

S Agriculture (General)
Soil science
Greenhouse gas
Nitrous oxide
Carbon sequestration
Climate change
Nitrogen
Soil
Legume

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Projects 2015 2022

1 Finished
1 Not started
9 Active

South Asian Nitrogen Hub

Rees, B., Eory, V. & Glenk, K.

1/03/19 → 28/02/22

Project: Research

Delivering clean growth through sustainable intensification

Barnes, A., Carter, N., Rees, B., Eory, V. & MacLeod, M.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

8/10/18 → 7/10/20

Project: Research

Delivering the agricultural greenhouse gas and ammonia inventories and projections

Wall, E., Pritchard, T., Archibald, I. & Rees, B.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

4/09/17 → 31/08/22

Project: Research

Soils research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)

MacLeod, M., Rees, B., Eory, V., Sykes, A. & Moran, D.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

20/06/17 → 19/06/21

Project: Research

Improved estimation and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and soil carbon storage from crop residues (ResidueGas)

Rees, B. & Topp, K.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1/04/17 → 31/10/20

Project: Research

Research Output 1992 2019

116 Article
12 Chapter
8 Review article
4 Abstract
4 More
- 3 Conference contribution
- 1 Paper

9 Downloads (Pure)

A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity

Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Cheng, K., Yue, Q., Chadwick, D., Espenberg, M., Truu, J., Rees, RM. & Smith, P., Aug 2019, In : Global Change Biology. 25, 8, p. 2530-2543

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

greenhouse gases

cover crops

leaching

nitrogen

crops

8 Downloads (Pure)

Lysine supply is a critical factor in achieving sustainable global protein economy

Leinonen, I., Iannetta, PPM., Rees, RM., Russell, W., Watson, CA. & Barnes, AP., 24 Apr 2019, In : Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3, 27.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

lysine

proteins

agricultural land

land use

animal proteins

2 Downloads (Pure)

Estimating the soil N2O emission intensity of croplands in northwest Europe

Myrgiotis, VM., Williams, M., Rees, RM. & Topp, CFE., 18 Apr 2019, In : Biogeosciences. 16, 8, p. 1641-1655 bg-2018-490.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

soil emission

crop

biogeochemistry

uncertainty analysis

agricultural ecosystem

Chinese cropping systems are a net source of greenhouse gases despite soil carbon sequestration

Gao, B., Huang, T., Ju, X., Gu, B., Huang, W., Xu, L., Rees, RM., Powlson, DS., Smith, P. & Cui, S., 17 Aug 2018, In : Global Change Biology. 24, 12, p. 5590 - 5606 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

soil carbon

carbon sequestration

cropping practice

greenhouse gas

soil