Multiple greenhouse-gas feedbacks from the land biosphere under future climate change scenarios

Benjamin D. Stocker (), Raphael Roth, Fortunat Joos, Renato Spahni, Marco Steinacher, Soenke Zaehle, Lex Bouwman, Xu-Ri and Iain Colin Prentice
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Benjamin D. Stocker: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Raphael Roth: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Fortunat Joos: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Renato Spahni: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Marco Steinacher: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Soenke Zaehle: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Lex Bouwman: Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Xu-Ri: Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Iain Colin Prentice: Macquarie University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 7, 666-672

Abstract: The sensitivity of the terrestrial biosphere to changes in climate constitutes a feedback mechanism with the potential to accentuate global warming. Process-based modelling experiments now indicate that under a business-as-usual emissions scenario the biosphere on land is expected to be an increasingly positive feedback to anthropogenic climate change, potentially amplifying equilibrium climate sensitivity by 22–27%.

Date: 2013
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