Many scientists, policymakers, and engaged citizens have become concerned over the possibility that manmade greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous ...
Table 1 Site characteristics of four grassland ecosystems along the C. Hart Merriam elevation gradient. Figure 2: Variables explaining the response of ANPP to warming treatments over time. The ...
Earth’s climate is shifting faster than many models anticipated, and scientists now warn that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push key systems beyond their stable range. Instead of a smooth, ...
Prof Richard Betts MBE, head of climate impacts research at the Met Office and University of Exeter. Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties. The ...
As greenhouse gases pour into the atmosphere, global temperatures rise smoothly and predictably in response. It’s the fundamental basis of climate change, the physical law that’s been reshaping the ...
A guest post from Prof Eric Wolff, Royal Society research professor in the Climate Change and Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Systems Group at the University of Cambridge. But before you delve into papers ...
Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...
Forests are central to the Earth’s carbon balance, serving as the largest terrestrial carbon sinks and removing approximately one-fifth of anthropogenic CO₂ ...