Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe

Bo Huang; Xiangping Hu; Geir-Arne Fuglstad; Xu Zhou; Wenwu Zhao; Francesco Cherubini

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14890-0

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe

Bo Huang,
Xiangping Hu,
Geir-Arne Fuglstad,
Xu Zhou,
Wenwu Zhao,
Francesco Cherubini

Affiliations

Bo Huang: Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Xiangping Hu: Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Geir-Arne Fuglstad: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Xu Zhou: National Tibetan Plateau Data Center, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenwu Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University (BNU)
Francesco Cherubini: Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14890-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Land cover change contributes to regional climate trends. Here, the authors use high-resolution land cover maps and state-of-the-art climate modelling to assess land cover change effects across Europe over 1992-2015, showing widespread cooling after agricultural abandonment but also different, region-specific effects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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