Importance of carbon dioxide physiological forcing to future climate change

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Importance of carbon dioxide physiological forcing to future climate change [1]

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An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration influences climate both directly through its radiative effect (i.e., trapping longwave radiation) and indirectly through its physiological effect (i.e., reducing transpiration of land plants). Here we compare the climate response to radiative and physiological effects of increased CO2 using the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) coupled Community Land and Community Atmosphere Model. In response to a doubling of CO2, the radiative effect of CO2 causes mean surface air temperature over land to increase by 2.86

Publication Date:

25/05/2010

Author(s): Ken Caldeira & et al [2], Long Cao [3], Govindasamy Bala [4]

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]

Vol:

107

Issue:

21

pp:

9513

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide [6], Atmosphere [7], Climate Change [8], Climate Science [9], Global Warming [10], Radiation [11], Flora [12], Hydrology [13], Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5], Ken Caldeira & et al [2], Long Cao [3], Govindasamy Bala [4]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/importance-carbon-dioxide-physiological-forcing-future-climate-change

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