My work focuses on environmental biogeochemical cycling staged in the context of climate change. In particular I am interested in the links between nutrient cycling in river systems, marine environments and terrestrial ecosystems. A consistent theme of my research to date has been the cycling of carbon in organic material and its subsequent release, storage and transport. This work has a strong analytical component supported by field and laboratory studies with modeling components. I am particularly interested in the effect of increased temperature on decompositional processes and how this impacts future carbon cycling. A developing theme of my work aims to better describe the hydrology of rfit valley lakes and water use in Kenya.

Laing CG, Granath G, Belyea LR, Allton KE, Rydin H (2014). Tradeoffs and scaling of functional traits in Sphagnum as drivers of carbon cycling in peatlands. Oikos, 123(7), 817-828. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Abbott GD, Swain EY, Muhammad A, Allton KA, Belyea LR, Laing CG, Cowie GR (2013). Effect of water-table fluctuations on the degradation of Sphagnum phenols in surficial peats. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 106, 177-191. Laing CG, Shreeve TG, Pearce DME (2010). The fine scale variability of dissolved methane in surface peat cores. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42, 1320-1328. Laing CG, Shreeve TG, Pearce DME (2008). Methane bubbles in surface peat cores: in situ measurements. Global Change Biology, 14, 1-9.