Yadvinder Malhi
Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford
I am a Professor of Ecosystem Science at the University of Oxford, and I study the living world, how it works and how it changes. I am the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. I have been awarded the 2025 Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology. I am an ecosystem scientist who explores the functioning of the biosphere and its interactions with climate change. I have a particular fascination with and love for tropical forests, though I have recently been spotted in ecosystems ranging from savannas, the Arctic, tropical coral reefs and Oxfordshire’s woodlands and floodplain meadows.
EXPs by Yadvinder Malhi
The rate of change in ecosystems has been accelerating. The most significant factor driving this change is the conversion of natural ecosystems into agriculture and cattle land.
Humans have affected the biosphere throughout human history, and this has intensified over time.
One of the most profound insights emerging over the last few decades is the insight that humans live on a planet where humanity is no longer a minor player in a vast planet with vast oceans, a vast atmosphere, and vast forests. Instead, we’ve begun to understand that humanity is a significant agent in transforming that planet's basic nature and changing its atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere.