A study published in March modeled nutrient cycling across the globe to predict how much carbon plants could sequester over the next 100 years when nutrient limitations are taken into account. (scientificamerican.com)
Researchers do not have a firm grasp on the complexities of nitrogen and carbon cycle interactions, so «the vast majority of models do not adequately reflect nutrient limitation», says Adrien Finzi, a biogeochemist at Boston University in Massachusetts. (scientificamerican.com)
IIASA will contribute integrated assessment modelling and policy analysis to the project, which will be integrated with an Earth system model run by the University of Versailles, and calibrated using field data on nutrient limitation from researchers at CREAF and the University of Antwerp in Belgium. (iiasa.ac.at)