A regional climate model (85) predicts Amazon
dieback due to widespread reductions in precipitation and lengthening of the dry season.
Not exact matches
The Quarry is a particularly hazardous spot for female mission blues to lay their eggs
due to a fungal pathogen that has devastated the lupines and caused the
dieback of leaves and flower stalks.
And a strong feedback
due to massive
dieback of terrestrial vegetation and marine plankton?
This figure would include the release of terrestial stored carbon from feedback mechanisms such as the thaw of methal hydrates, permafrost, and the increased severity and intensity of wildfires, plus the predicted
dieback of the Amazon
dues to drying effect.I am an amateur layman, and RealClimate is gracious enough to allow me to post.For me, a 1000 ppm settling point, albeit including the feedback mechanisms, is effective ly game over for the planet as we know it.
I do not know what happens to trees if they suddenly become the treeline (e.g.,
due to the
dieback of the upper strip of the stand).