The index then compares these variables with the productivity of
vegetation under changing climate on a global scale.
Not exact matches
Greening already
under way Isla Myers - Smith, a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh who did not participate in the research, said the study is a «major advance» because it is the first to link such a broad range of
vegetation changes with several climate feedbacks in the Arctic.
The findings, published in the journal Global
Change Biology, are based on spatial and statistical analyses of historical climate data, satellite data on current vegetation, and projections of potential vegetation under climate c
Change Biology, are based on spatial and statistical analyses of historical climate data, satellite data on current
vegetation, and projections of potential
vegetation under climate
changechange.
Taking into account CO2 - induced
changes in
vegetation, global mean runoff
under a 2 * CO2 climate has been simulated to increase by approximately 5 % as a result of reduced evapotranspiration due to CO2enrichment alone («physiological forcing»)(Betts et al., 2007; Leipprand and Gerten, 2006).
Seven global
vegetation models are used to analyze possible responses to future climate simulated by a range of general circulation models run
under all four representative concentration pathway scenarios of
changing concentrations of greenhouse gases.
Change in mean - decadal
vegetation carbon, annual NPP, and
vegetation carbon residence time simulated by seven GVMs
under HadGEM2 - ES RCP 8.5 forcings between A.D. 2005 and 2099.
(A — C)
Change in annual global mean
vegetation carbon (A), NPP (B), and residence time of carbon in
vegetation (C)
under the HadGEM2 - ES RCP 8.5 climate and CO2 scenario for seven global
vegetation models.
Changes in
vegetation in northern Alaska
under scenarios of climate
change, 2003 - 2100: Implications for climate feedbacks
The methanogenic community included genera capable of both AM and HM, indicating that methanogens could potentially use different carbon substrates and thus acclimate to
changing conditions, for example
vegetation cover or hydrology,
under a warmer climate.
3)
Vegetation under low CO2
changed a lot, altering albedo.