CLIMATE, FORESTS, INSECTS, FIRE

University of Wisconsin-Madison Public release date: 31-Oct-2007 Contact: S. Tom Gower stgower@wisc.edu 608-262-0532 Wildfire drives carbon levels in northern forests MADISON – Far removed from streams of gas-thirsty cars and pollution-belching factories lies another key player in global climate change. Circling the northern hemisphere, the conifer-dominated boreal forests-one of the… Continue reading

NEW SCIENCE PAINTS GRIM PICTURE

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS VOL. 34, L19703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031018, 2007 Long term climate implications of 2050 emission reduction targets Andrew J. Weaver, Kirsten Zickfeld, Alvaro Montenegro, and Michael Eby Received 15 June 2007; revised 27 August 2007; accepted 7 September 2007; published 6 October 2007. Abstract: A coupled atmosphere-ocean-carbon cycle model is… Continue reading