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Project Details
Description
Mankind has exploited forest biomass for materials and energy for millennia, but growth in human populations and increasing demands for resources are driving large changes in the extent and condition of forests, including the amount of carbon they store and exchange with the atmosphere.
The Global Climate Observing System considers above-ground biomass (AGB) to be an Essential Climate Variable due to its functions as both a source of atmospheric CO2 (and other greenhouse gases) when forest is lost under Land Use Change or by degradation, and as a sink for CO2 due to forest growth.
Information on forest biomass can also play a much wider role in understanding and predicting climate, for example in model initialisation, model testing, estimation of carbon turnover, inferring the forest disturbance regime, and data assimilation in carbon cycle and climate models.
The Global Climate Observing System considers above-ground biomass (AGB) to be an Essential Climate Variable due to its functions as both a source of atmospheric CO2 (and other greenhouse gases) when forest is lost under Land Use Change or by degradation, and as a sink for CO2 due to forest growth.
Information on forest biomass can also play a much wider role in understanding and predicting climate, for example in model initialisation, model testing, estimation of carbon turnover, inferring the forest disturbance regime, and data assimilation in carbon cycle and climate models.
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 01 Jun 2018 → 31 May 2021 |
Funding
- European Space Agency (Funder reference unknown): £199,750.01
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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Research output
- 1 Article
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Variations of carbon allocation and turnover time across tropical forests
Yang, H., Ciais, P., Wang, Y., Huang, Y., Wigneron, J. P., Bastos, A., Chave, J., Chang, J., E. Doughty, C., Fan, L., Goll, D., Joetzjer, E., Li, W., Lucas, R., Quegan, S., Le Toan, T. & Yu, K., 01 Jun 2021, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30, 6, p. 1271-1285 15 p., 13302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
File23 Citations (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure)
Press/Media
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Aberystwyth University maps reveal extent of global deforestation and climate change
10 Jan 2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Festival of Tomorrow - Climate Citizens and Climate Action – Choose Our Future Together
Lucas, R. (Speaker)
25 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk