'Carbon sink' presentation slideshows

Land carbon cycle managed ecosystems and climate

Land carbon cycle managed ecosystems and climate. Galina Churkina Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam, Germany. Outline. Introduction: Role of land ecosystems in the global carbon cycle Drivers behind the European carbon sink Challenges in modeling of land ecosystems.

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The Earth as a System

The Earth as a System. http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/ess/. The Earth As a System. A System is a collection of interdependent parts enclosed within a defined boundary. The earth is made up of different systems or subsystems called spheres. http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/.

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Margaret Leinen Chief Science Officer Climos

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The Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol. Reaching Global Agreements 1997. What is the Kyoto Protocol?. A global Agreement that set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 175 countries signed up. Kyoto Protocol Aims:. Share of CO2 Emissions in 1990 .

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CAMELS

CAMELS. C arbon A ssimilation and M odelling of the E uropean L and S urface an EU Framework V Project (Part of the CarboEurope Cluster). CAMELS PROJECT OVERVIEW. Peter Cox, Hadley Centre, Met Office. CAMELS Goals Background: Kyoto Protocol

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Lecture 34: Anthropogenic Inputs of Greenhouse Gases in the Past 200 Years

Lecture 34: Anthropogenic Inputs of Greenhouse Gases in the Past 200 Years. Ch. 18. Anthropogenic Inputs of Greenhouse Gases in the Past 200 Years. Chapter 18 (325-335). Greenhouse Effects and Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Where CO2 comes from? Where it is absorbed? How long it works?

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Land Cover, Climate and Management in Rangelands Steve Archer University of Arizona

Land Cover, Climate and Management in Rangelands Steve Archer University of Arizona Earth Systems Feedbacks: Vulnerability of Carbon Cycle to Drought and Fire Canberra, Australia 7 June 2006 . Archer et al. 2001. Drought Loss of Fire/Browsers Grazing. Tree Clearing

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Wetlands in the perspective of global change

Wetlands in the perspective of global change. Wetlands are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface ( Cowardin , December 1979).

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San Francisco Climate Action Plan Business Advisory Panel

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Oceans and the Sea

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Class 4a: Natural Resources and the Economy

Class 4a: Natural Resources and the Economy. Primary economic activity Resource-based economies (Gabon) Agriculture and trade (Chile). Economic geography. How do people earn a living? Physical environment Cultural conditions Technology Politics/economic system

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The use of market mechanisms to bolster forest carbon:

The use of market mechanisms to bolster forest carbon:. A critical analysis. Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia. Celeste M Black, Senior Lecturer. Forest Carbon. Introduction. Role of forestry in reducing levels of atmospheric carbon The bathtub analogy

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WP21 Training activities

CARBO OCEAN. WP21 Training activities. Janusz Pempkowiak Jacek Be?dowski Philippe Saugier. CARBO OCEAN WP 21 ( Training ) organization. 21.5 WWW Page. WP 21. 21.4 ScEd. Other Means. NEUMS. GAP. 21.1 ConEduc. 21.2 SuSchoo. 21.3 AnSemin. Annual lectures Thematic seminars.

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Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and their potential use in Cucurbita maxima growth

Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and their potential use in Cucurbita maxima growth. Rachael Picard. Introduction. Main types of mycorrhizae Glomus spp. which is most often associated with Cucurbit species Why is mycorrhizae important How it can be used in agriculture

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CDM

CDM. IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEFENITION OF FORESTS IN UTTARANCHAL Rajendra Singh Bisht Conservator of Forests Yamuna Circle, Dehradun. DEFENITION. FORESTS: Minimum Land area 0.05 ha, crown density 0.3 and tree height 5 mts Additionality criteria for A&R projects.

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A prototype Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System (CCDAS)

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis. The Carbon Cycle. Plants are carbon sinks removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and oceans by fixing it into organic chemicals. Plants also convert energy from light into chemical energy

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By RACHEL AND MILLIE

fORESTS. By RACHEL AND MILLIE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY ?. Of any commonly used building materials, wood has the lowest energy consumption and the lowest C02 emission. Due to wood's thermal insulation properties, timber frame housing uses less energy.

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Recent interests

Recent interests. Discovery of hydrothermal vent The link between global warming & ocean: the Carbon story Microbial loop Industrialized mariculture: Peter Drucker. The Carbon Story. Global warming: carbon dioxide Ocean: an ideal carbon sink Some oceans are iron limiting: Southern Ocean

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