Colonial legacies in tropical forestry hinder good management
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02288-z
Colonial legacies in tropical forestry hinder good management
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Tag: Tropical
Satellite observations reveal the complex annual dynamics of tropical aboveground carbon
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02119-7
Tropical aboveground carbon is a crucial yet complex component of the terrestrial carbon budget. Here, remote observations reveal annual losses (from fire emissions and forest disturbances) and post-loss recovery of tropical aboveground carbon for 2010–2020, which overall resulted in tropical lands being a moderate carbon sink.
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Western North Pacific tropical cyclone activity modulated by phytoplankton feedback under global warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01976-6
The degree to which changes in marine organisms due to warming can influence tropical cyclones is not well known. Here the authors show that changing chlorophyll patterns can lead to more landfalling tropical cyclones in East Asia.
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Pacific tropical instability waves have intensified since the 1990s
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01916-w
Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are an important component of the equatorial Pacific climate. An analysis of satellite observations, in situ measurements and ocean circulation models indicates that TIW activity has intensified in the central equatorial Pacific by approximately 12 ± 6% per decade since the 1990s.
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Impact of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the carbon dynamics of South American tropical forests
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01777-3
A network of more than 100 researchers tracked trees for up to 30 years in forest plots across South America, enabling estimation of the impacts of record temperatures and drought on carbon dynamics. The carbon sink in these forests ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, with drier forests losing the most carbon.
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