Role of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Global Change A Plan for Action (1994) / Chapter Skim
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2 ROLE OF THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE IN THE EARTH SYSTEM
2 ROLE OF THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE IN THE EARTH SYSTEM
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These advances give us confidence that continued research in this area can rapidly reduce uncertainty about future global change. Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations, as documented in the 35-year measurement record on Mauna Loa (Keeling et al., 1989)
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. These models and data bases provide a means of predicting the current and future roles of the terrestrial biosphere as a source and/or sink of CO2, trace gases, water, and energy that are, some of the major parameters responsible for global changes in the earth system.
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The rapid progress in understanding the global role of the terrestrial biosphere permits a focus on six key research questions that will substantially reduce uncertainty in predicting the response of the earth system to global change: 1. What are the interactive effects of changes in COy climate, and biogeochemistry on the terrestrial carbon cycle and on food and fiber production?
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The impact of global change on the integration of terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ocean ecosystems has received little attention. For each of these six research topics the remaining uncertainties, the necessary research, and the timing and nature of results that can be expected from the research are described in Chapter 3.
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