Giulia Atzori

Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection

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Giulia Atzori is a rising voice in plant ecophysiology, investigating whether vegetation can keep pace with the accelerating rate of anthropogenic climate change. Her research centers on the dynamic interplay between rising atmospheric CO₂, shifting greenhouse gas cycles, and plant adaptive capacity over both ecological and evolutionary timescales. In her highly cited 2024 paper, "Climate challenges: can plants adapt in time?"—which has already garnered 4 citations shortly after publication—Atzori synthesizes paleoclimatic records of glacial-interglacial CO₂ fluctuations with modern physiological data to assess the limits of plant resilience. She argues that while plants have historically adapted to gradual shifts, the unprecedented speed of current greenhouse gas increases may outstrip their adaptive potential. This work has been praised for bridging deep-time climate history with urgent contemporary questions, offering a framework for predicting which species or ecosystems are most vulnerable. Atzori’s contributions are particularly notable for their interdisciplinary approach, merging paleobotany, climate modeling, and molecular physiology. As an early-career researcher, her ability to frame a critical, time-sensitive question with clarity and scientific rigor marks her as a promising leader in the field of global change biology.