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CRU Information Sheet no. 8: Modelling Climate Change
GCMs coupled to a three-dimensional representation of the ocean and a three dimensional terrestrial biosphere model (e.g. HadCM2 and HadCM3). Figure 1: A conceptual structure of a coupled ... experiments could be performed with coupled ocean-atmosphere and, more recently, coupled ocean-atmosphere-biosphere GCMs. The most recent climate change experiments have consisted of multi-century ensembles of ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
... all of the carbon released by historical land use changes could be restored to the terrestrial biosphere over the course of the century by reforestation, carbon dioxide concentration would be reduced by ...
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Sable Island and Global warming
CO2 for photosynthesis. Thus there are three natural sinks (or reservoirs) - oceans, terrestrial biosphere (plants and soils), and atmosphere - and carbon in the form of CO2 and its derivatives ... atmosphere as CO2 Although the other half is absorbed by the oceans and by the terrestrial biosphere, the proportion of carbon absorbed by each of these two sinks is uncertain. To ...
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CO2 Clock
Whorf, M. Heimann, and H. A. Meijer, Exchanges of atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000. I. Global aspects, SIO Reference Series, No. 01-06 ...
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Energy Information Administration Voluntary of Greenhouse Gases Program - Glossary of Terms
Earth within which carbon behaves in a systematic manner, are the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere (usually including freshwater systems), oceans, and sediments (including fossil fuels). Carbon Sequestration: The fixation of ...
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Office of Biological & Environmental Research
National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR) Program for Ecosystem Research (PER) Terrestrial Carbon Processes Environmental Science Environmental Remediation Sciences Program Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory ( ... and models about the potential response of the Earth’s climate and terrestrial biosphere to increased greenhouse gas levels for policy makers to determine safe levels ...
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Global Climate Change: Research Explorer: Primer: Overview of Climate Change Research : Biosphere
Change: Research Explorer: Primer: Overview of Climate Change Research : Biosphere Overview of Climate Change Research > Biosphere Page 5 of 6 glossary terms Click for definitions of words used ... ocean waters off the southeastern United States. Phytoplankton, like terrestrial plants, consume carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis. The biosphere is also the source of aerosols, such as spores ...
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Naturenet: Biosphere Reserve
Biosphere Programme. There are relatively few such reserves, only nine in the UK. All UK Biosphere Reserves are also at least in part NNRs and SSSIs. There are 225 biosphere reserves in 31 countries (Last updated: June 2004). Biosphere reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal/marine ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Serengeti volcanic grasslands (AT0714)
Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Serengeti volcanic grasslands (AT0714) Afrotropics > Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands > Serengeti volcanic ... National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area have been designated as World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves due to the biodiversity and range of animals represented. Special Features The Serengeti Volcanic ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets (AT0716)
Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets (AT0716) Afrotropics > Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and ... National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, both of which are World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves. Special Features Life in the Southern Acacia-Cammiphora Bushland and Thicket ecoregion is strongly ...
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