Although biogenic NMVOC emissions increase with increasing temperature, all three studies concur that climate -
driven changes in vegetation types unfavourable to isoprene emissions (notably the recession of tropical forests) would partly compensate for the effect of warming in terms of ozone generation.
Not exact matches
«There are real questions about whether we are beginning to see a shift
in vegetation types
driven by fire activity fueled by fire suppression and climate
change.»
Collectively, these data show general increasing trends
in both plant growth and evaporation with recent climate
change mainly
driven by
vegetation greening and rising atmosphere moisture deficits.
A new paper published
in Frontiers
in Earth Science by archeologist Dr. David Wright, from Seoul National University, challenges the conclusions of most studies done to date that point to
changes in the Earth's orbit or natural
changes in vegetation as the major
driving forces.
Mt. MBeliling: a 1.239 meters high peak
in west Flores, offering a cool refuge with rainforest and an ever -
changing array of
vegetation (1 hour
drive from Labuan Bajo and 2 day trekking)
Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, fire conditions will become even more persistent
in areas already at risk, and will spread to new regions as warming
drives vegetation patterns and land - use
changes.
These
changes are
driven by
changing vegetation type mixtures, with grasses and smaller shrubs
in JeDi decreasing boreal residence times, and greater proportions of trees increasing residence times
in the southeastern United States and China.
The latest article on greening I've seen is from a couple of months ago: «Human population growth offsets climate -
driven increase
in woody
vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa» https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0081 Thanks to climate
change and CO2 increase the balance is positive towards greening over human deforestation.
A new paper published
in Frontiers
in Earth Science by archeologist Dr. David Wright, from Seoul National University, challenges the conclusions of most studies done to date that point to
changes in the Earth's orbit or natural
changes in vegetation as the major
driving forces.