Seeing the Forest for the Trees - Couverture souple

Bonan, Gordon

 
9781108467841: Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Synopsis

For centuries, people have understood that forests, and our utilisation of them, influence the climate. With modern environmental concerns, there is now scientific, governmental, and popular interest in planting trees for climate protection. This book examines the historical origins of the idea that forests influence climate, the bitter controversy that ended the science, and its modern rebirth. Spanning the 1500s to the present, it provides a broad perspective across the physical and biological sciences, as well as the humanities, to explain the many ways forests influence climate. It describes their use in climate-smart forestry and as a natural climate solution, and demonstrates that in the forest–climate question, human and sylvan fates are linked. Accessibly written with minimal mathematics, it is ideal for students in environmental and related sciences, as well as anyone with an interest in understanding the environmental workings of forests and their interactions with climate.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gordon Bonan is senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He is the author of Ecological Climatology (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and numerous publications on terrestrial ecosystems and climate. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the Ecological Society of America.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781108487528: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Forests, Climate Change, and Our Future

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1108487521 ISBN 13 :  9781108487528
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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