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More grasslands in Tibet could bring climate improvements
http://science.gu.se/english/News/News_detail/?languageId=100001&contentId=1314995&disableRedirect=true&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.gu.se%2Faktuellt%2Fnyheter%2FNyheter%2BDetalj%2F%2Fmer-grasmarker-i-tibet-kan-ge-battre-klimat.cid1314995[font face=Serif][font size=5]More grasslands in Tibet could bring climate improvements[/font]
News: Aug 17, 2015
[font size=4]In the Arctic, enhanced vegetation growth amplifies global warming. On the Tibetan Plateau, however, the situation is the reverse.
“The trend in Tibet is the opposite of what we are seeing in the Arctic,” says Professor Deliang Chen from the University of Gothenburg. “By restoring grasslands there, the climate can be improved – both locally and globally.”[/font]
[font size=3]In the Arctic, warming increases like a spiral. Global warming means that the periods of growth are becoming longer and vegetation growth is increasing. At the same time, heat transfer to the Arctic from lower latitudes is rising, reducing sea ice there, and this in turn is contributing towards a faster local rise in temperature.
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[font size=5]Restoring grasslands may improve the climate[/font]
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“Our results suggest that actions to restore native grasslands in degraded areas, roughly one-third of the plateau, will both facilitate a sustainable ecological development in this region and bring local and global climate benefits.”
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News: Aug 17, 2015
[font size=4]In the Arctic, enhanced vegetation growth amplifies global warming. On the Tibetan Plateau, however, the situation is the reverse.
“The trend in Tibet is the opposite of what we are seeing in the Arctic,” says Professor Deliang Chen from the University of Gothenburg. “By restoring grasslands there, the climate can be improved – both locally and globally.”[/font]
[font size=3]In the Arctic, warming increases like a spiral. Global warming means that the periods of growth are becoming longer and vegetation growth is increasing. At the same time, heat transfer to the Arctic from lower latitudes is rising, reducing sea ice there, and this in turn is contributing towards a faster local rise in temperature.
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[font size=5]Restoring grasslands may improve the climate[/font]
[font size=3]…
“Our results suggest that actions to restore native grasslands in degraded areas, roughly one-third of the plateau, will both facilitate a sustainable ecological development in this region and bring local and global climate benefits.”
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