Presentation description

This research investigates the impact of fires on soil chemistry in the now-relict Afromontane forests of Ethiopia. The Tigray Plateau was once carpeted with biodiverse forests prior to the Aksumite occupation between 50BCE and 700CE. We are using sedimentary charcoal and XRF soil chemistry data to determine how the fire regime has changed from its natural pattern to its current human-altered regime, and how the soil chemistry has responded.