Effects of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations - South and Southeast Asia as a Case Study (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)

Roger C. Dahlman Environmental Sciences Division U.S. Department of Energy Washington, D.C. The potential for humans to alter Earth's atmosphere has been recognized since the end of the 19th century when Arrhenius estimated that a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide could alter the atmospheric radiation balance and raise average global temperature. Today, atmospheric CO concentrations play an important part in the 2 climate-change debate. Sources and sinks of CO associated with land use can be 2 significant determinants of the rate and magnitude of atmospheric CO change. 2 Combustion of fossil fuels and the deforestation associated with land-use change both contribute CO to the atmosphere; in contrast, biological processes on land create 2 potential sinks for the excess CO . Thus, land-use change and associated biological 2 processes become important elements in assessments of future atmospheric CO 2 increase; land-cover properties also affect the Earth's albedo, which is a climate feedback.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecological Studies, 101
Release date:	November 1993
First published:	1994
Editors:	Virginia H Dale
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
Edition:	1994 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-94117-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
LSN:	0-387-94117-7
Barcode:	9780387941172

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