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The Latest on Volcanic Eruptions and Climate
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2nd paragraph: It is well known that large volcanic eruptions inject sulfur gases into the stratosphere, which convert to sulfate aerosols with a life- time of ...
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EPA and the Army Corps’ Proposed Rule to Define “Waters of the United States”
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Excerpt from summary : According to the agencies, the proposed rule would revise the existing regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” consist...
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Aquatic ecosystems, Waters of the United States, Connectivity improvement, Water conflict, Climate and society, Water, Fisheries, Headwater streams, Water quali...
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Bias in the attribution of forest carbon sinks
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A substantial fraction of the terrestrial carbon sink, past and present, may be incorrectly attributed to environmental change rather than changes in forest man...
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Environmental change, Habitat quality, Carbon sink, Managers, Carbon stocks, Habitat, Climate Change, Forests, Forest Management, Heat, Management, global chang...
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Sectoral contributions to surface water stress in the coterminous United States
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Here, we assess current stress in the freshwater system based on the best available data in order to understand possible risks and vulnerabilities to regional w...
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Rethinking wedges
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Stabilizing CO2 emissions at current levels for fifty years is not consistent with either an atmospheric CO2 concentration below 500 ppm or global temperature i...
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Linking primary production, climate and land use along an urban–wildland transect: a satellite view
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Variation of green vegetation cover influences local climate dynamics, exchange of water–heat between land and atmosphere, and hydrological processes. However...
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Energy intensities, EROIs (energy returned on invested), and energy payback times of electricity generating power plants
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The energy returned on investment, EROI, has been evaluated for typical power plants representing wind energy, photovoltaics, solar thermal, hydro, natural gas,...
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Environmental economics, Coal burning power plants, EROI Energy return on investment, Consumption, Photovoltaic power, Hydropower plants, Climate Change, Consum...
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Increased River Alkalinization in the Eastern U.S.
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The interaction between human activities and watershed geology is accelerating long-term changes in the carbon cycle of rivers. We evaluated changes in bicarbon...
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Sediment Trapping by Dams Creates Methane Emission Hot Spots
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Inland waters transport and transform sub- stantial amounts of carbon and account for ∼18% of global methane emissions. Large reservoirs with higher areal met...
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Top 10 Places to Save for Endangered Species in a Warming World
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If your house were on fire, what would you save? Would it be the precious items passed down in your family from genera- tion to generation? Or would you choose ...
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Impacts of the EU biofuel policy on agricultural markets and land use
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The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive (RED)1 sets an overall target of 20% of the EU's energy used to come from renewable sources by 2020. As part of ...
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PHENOLOGY OF MIXED WOODY–HERBACEOUS ECOSYSTEMS FOLLOWING EXTREME EVENTS: NET AND DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES
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We present responses of a mixed woody–herbaceous ecosystem type to an extreme event: regional-scale pinon pine mortality following an extended drought and the...
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Long-term aspen cover change in the western US
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Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is one of the most important tree species in the western United States due to its role in biodiversity, tourism, and ...
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Four-year response of underplanted American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and three competitors to midstory removal, root trenching, and weeding treatments in an oak-hickory forest
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American chestnut (Castanea dentata) has been killed or reduced to recurrent stump sprouts throughout its range following the importation of multiple pathogens ...
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Feedbacks of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Climate Change
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Most modeling studies on terrestrial feedbacks to warming over the twenty-first century imply that the net feedbacks are negative—that changes in ecosystems, ...
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Feedback, Land atmosphere coupling, Fire, Climate Change, Land Use, Anthropogenic forcing, Permafrost, High latitude, Atmospheric CO2, Emissions, Terrestrial ec...
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Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America
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It is widely accepted, based on data from the last few decades and on model simulations, that anthropogenic climate change will cause increased fire activity. H...
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Linking forest fires to lake metabolism and carbon dioxide emissions in the boreal region of Northern Quebec
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Natural fires annually decimate up to 1% of the forested area in the boreal region of Que ́bec, and represent a major structuring force in the region, creating...
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The Relative Impact of Harvest and Fire upon Landscape-Level Dynamics of Older Forests: Lessons from the Northwest Forest Plan
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Interest in preserving older forests at the landscape level has increased in many regions, including the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The North- west...
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Cumulative Effects of Fire and Fuels Management on Stream Water Quality and Ecosystem Dynamics
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Prescribed fires and wildland fire-use are increasingly important management tools used to reduce fuel loads and restore the ecological integrity of western for...
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Management, Forest fire, Prescribed fire, Forests, Fire frequency, Riparian systems, Downstream transport, Fire, Fire-on-fire, Forest Management, Climate Change...
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Relationships of Fire and Precipitation Regimes in Temperate Forests of the Eastern United States
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Fire affects virtually all terrestrial ecosystems but occurs more commonly in some than in others. This paper investigates how climate, specifically the moistur...
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