Search Results - "BEERLING, D. J."

Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP) by Melton, J. R, Wania, R, Hodson, E. L, Poulter, B, Ringeval, B, Spahni, R, Bohn, T, Avis, C. A, Beerling, D. J, Chen, G, Eliseev, A. V, Denisov, S. N, Hopcroft, P. O, Lettenmaier, D. P, Riley, W. J, Singarayer, J. S, Subin, Z. M, Tian, H, Zürcher, S, Brovkin, V, van Bodegom, P. M, Kleinen, T, Yu, Z. C, Kaplan, J. O

“…Global wetlands are believed to be climate sensitive, and are the largest natural emitters of methane (CH4). Increased wetland CH4 emissions could act as a…”
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Cold‐Season Methane Fluxes Simulated by GCP‐CH4 Models by Ito, A., Li, T., Qin, Z., Melton, J. R., Tian, H., Kleinen, T., Zhang, W., Zhang, Z., Joos, F., Ciais, P., Hopcroft, P. O., Beerling, D. J., Liu, X., Zhuang, Q., Zhu, Q., Peng, C., Chang, K.‐Y., Fluet‐Chouinard, E., McNicol, G., Patra, P., Poulter, B., Sitch, S., Riley, W., Zhu, Q.

“…Cold‐season methane (CH4) emissions may be poorly constrained in wetland models. We examined cold‐season CH4 emissions simulated by 16 models participating in…”
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Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits by Comas, L. H., Mueller, K. E., Taylor, L. L., Midford, P. E., Callahan, H. S., Beerling, D. J.

“…On the basis of a synthesis of recent progress in belowground ecology, we advance and discuss a hypothesis that relates root trait evolution to the increased…”
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Global terrestrial isoprene emission models: sensitivity to variability in climate and vegetation by Arneth, A., Schurgers, G., Lathiere, J., Duhl, T., Beerling, D. J., Hewitt, C. N., Martin, M., Guenther, A.

“…Due to its effects on the atmospheric lifetime of methane, the burdens of tropospheric ozone and growth of secondary organic aerosol, isoprene is central among…”
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Geobiological constraints on Earth system sensitivity to CO2 during the Cretaceous and Cenozoic by ROYER, D. L., PAGANI, M., BEERLING, D. J.

“…Earth system climate sensitivity (ESS) is the long‐term (>103 year) response of global surface temperature to doubled CO2 that integrates fast and slow climate…”
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Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: methodology of a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP) by Wania, R, Melton, J. R, Hodson, E. L, Poulter, B, Ringeval, B, Spahni, R, Bohn, T, Avis, C. A, Chen, G, Eliseev, A. V, Hopcroft, P. O, Riley, W. J, Subin, Z. M, Tian, H, van Bodegom, P. M, Kleinen, T, Yu, Z. C, Singarayer, J. S, Zürcher, S, Lettenmaier, D. P, Beerling, D. J, Denisov, S. N, Prigent, C, Papa, F, Kaplan, J. O

“…The Wetland and Wetland CH4 Intercomparison of Models Project (WETCHIMP) was created to evaluate our present ability to simulate large-scale wetland…”
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Fossil Plants and Global Warming at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by McElwain, J. C., Beerling, D. J., Woodward, F. I.

“…The Triassic-Jurassic boundary marks a major faunal mass extinction, but records of accompanying environmental changes are limited. Paleobotanical evidence…”
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Biogeochemical constraints on the Triassic-Jurassic boundary carbon cycle event by Beerling, D. J., Berner, R. A.

“…The end‐Triassic mass extinctions represent one of the five most severe biotic crises in Earth history, yet remain one of the most enigmatic. Ongoing debate…”
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CO₂-forced evolution of plant gas exchange capacity and water-use efficiency over the Phanerozoic by FRANKS, P.J, BEERLING, D.J

“…The capacity of plants to fix carbon is ultimately constrained by two core plant attributes: photosynthetic biochemistry and the conductance to CO₂ diffusion…”
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Influence of future climate and cropland expansion on isoprene emissions and tropospheric ozone by Squire, O. J, Archibald, A. T, Abraham, N. L, Beerling, D. J, Hewitt, C. N, Lathière, J, Pike, R. C, Telford, P. J, Pyle, J. A

“…Over the 21st century, changes in CO2 levels, climate and land use are expected to alter the global distribution of vegetation, leading to changes in trace gas…”
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Sensitivity of isoprene emissions from the terrestrial biosphere to 20th century changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration, climate, and land use by Lathière, J, Hewitt, C.N, Beerling, D.J

“…We describe the development and analysis of a global model based on Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN) (Guenther et al., 2006) for…”
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Evolution of leaf-form in land plants linked to atmospheric CO2 decline in the Late Palaeozoic era by BEERLING, D. J, OSBORNE, C. P, CHALONER, W. G

“…The widespread appearance of megaphyll leaves, with their branched veins and planate form, did not occur until the close of the Devonian period at about 360…”
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Reading a CO2 Signal from Fossil Stomata by Beerling, D. J., Royer, D. L.

“…The inverse relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the stomatal index (proportion of epidermal cells that are stomata) of vascular land plant leaves has led…”
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Decomposing uncertainties in the future terrestrial carbon budget associated with emission scenarios, climate projections, and ecosystem simulations using the ISI-MIP results by Nishina, K, Ito, A, Falloon, P, Friend, A. D, Beerling, D. J, Ciais, P, Clark, D. B, Kahana, R, Kato, E, Lucht, W, Lomas, M, Pavlick, R, Schaphoff, S, Warszawaski, L, Yokohata, T

“…We examined the changes to global net primary production (NPP), vegetation biomass carbon (VegC), and soil organic carbon (SOC) estimated by six global…”
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Weathering by tree-root-associating fungi diminishes under simulated Cenozoic atmospheric CO2 decline by Quirk, J, Leake, J R, Banwart, S A, Taylor, L L, Beerling, D J

“…Trees dominate terrestrial biotic weathering of silicate minerals by converting solar energy into chemical energy that fuels roots and their ubiquitous…”
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Climate sensitivity in the Anthropocene by Previdi, M., Liepert, B. G., Peteet, D., Hansen, J., Beerling, D. J., Broccoli, A. J., Frolking, S., Galloway, J. N., Heimann, M., Le Quéré, C., Levitus, S., Ramaswamy, V.

“…Climate sensitivity in its most basic form is defined as the equilibrium change in global surface temperature that occurs in response to a climate forcing, or…”
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Quantifying uncertainties in soil carbon responses to changes in global mean temperature and precipitation by Nishina, K, Ito, A, Beerling, D. J, Cadule, P, Ciais, P, Clark, D. B, Falloon, P, Friend, A. D, Kahana, R, Kato, E, Keribin, R, Lucht, W, Lomas, M, Rademacher, T. T, Pavlick, R, Schaphoff, S, Vuichard, N, Warszawaski, L, Yokohata, T

“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems and may play a key role in biospheric feedbacks with elevated atmospheric carbon…”
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Low atmospheric CO2 levels during the Permo- Carboniferous glaciation inferred from fossil lycopsids by Beerling, D J

“…Earth history was punctuated during the Permo-Carboniferous [300–250 million years (Myr) ago] by the longest and most severe glaciation of the entire…”
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Plant development Signals from mature to new leaves by Woodward, F. I, Lake, J. A, Quick, W. P, Beerling, D. J

“…Stomata are microscopic pores on the surfaces of leaves, the number and density of which vary in response to changes in environmental conditions, such as…”
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Simulated effects of changes in direct and diffuse radiation on canopy scale isoprene emissions from vegetation following volcanic eruptions by Wilton, D J, Hewitt, C N, Beerling, D J

“…Volcanic eruptions can alter the quality of incoming solar irradiance reaching the Earth's surface thereby influencing the interactions between vegetation and…”
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