Biotic regulation updates

[Anastassia Makarieva]

Dear colleagues,

please find below a summary of our recent activities.

(This is an update of the biotic regulation website that we have long owed to our readers, also available here https://bioticregulation.ru/news.php?nn=77 ).

Warm regards,

Anastassia

Seminars, interviews

11 December 2021. Biotic pump seminar in Florence

24 November 2021. Forests, water and climate: Recent advances, pending questions and implications for climate policies

24 November 2021. Save The Forests To Save The Planet

27 October 2021. Natural forests as climate actors
International climate discourse mentions forests in two contexts: as carbon depositaries and as renewable sources of materials and energy. If implemented in global policies, this narrow view on forests can, contrary to expectations, worsen climate destabilization. Two crucial aspects are undervalued and understudied. First is the major role of forests as regulators of the various aspects of the water cycle, including cloud cover (a major source of climate uncertainties) and ocean-to-land and transcontinental transport of atmospheric moisture. Second is the difference in the environmental functions of primary forests, largely unperturbed by anthropogenic activities, versus exploited tree stands. While the former have evolved to maximize environmental homeostasis, the latter were selected to maximize economic productivity. The two cannot be maximized simultaneously. Successful strategies of climate change mitigation should prioritize preservation of still extant self-sustainable natural forests for humanity to continue benefiting from their climate stabilization potential.

21 October 2021. Биотические основы регуляции климата

Publications

Makarieva A.M., Nefiodov A.V., Nobre A.D., Sheil D., Nobre P., Pokorny J., Hesslerova P., Li B.-L. (2021) Vegetation Impact on Atmospheric Moisture Transport under Increasing Land-Ocean Temperature Contrasts. arXiv:2112.12880 [physics.ao-ph] Abstract. 

Makarieva A.M., Gorshkov V.G., Nefiodov A.V., Chikunov A.V., Sheil D., Nobre A.D., Nobre P., Plunien G., Molina R.D. (2022) Water lifting and outflow gain of kinetic energy in tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0172.1. arXiv:2106.12544v2 [physics.ao-ph] Abstract. 

Makarieva A.M. (2022) Natural Ecosystems and Earth’s Habitability: Attempting a Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis. In: Wilderer P.A., Grambow M., Molls M., Oexle K. (eds) Strategies for Sustainability of the Earth System, pp. 143-170. Strategies for Sustainability. Springer, Cham. Abstract.  doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74458-8_9

Dewilde P., von Hauff M., Mainzer K., Makarieva A.M., Wackernagel M., Wilderer P.A. (2022) A discussion of basic notions. In: Wilderer P.A., Grambow M., Molls M., Oexle K. (eds) Strategies for Sustainability of the Earth System, pp. 241-255. Strategies for Sustainability. Springer, Cham. Abstract.  doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74458-8_14

[Alexander Chikunov]

A huge thank you, Anastassia! Very useful info.

Great job! Keep going!

Alexander Chikunov

cell. +1 (609) 955-0559

чт, 6 янв. 2022 г. в 21:50, Anastassia Makarieva <ammak...@gmail.com>:

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