Seeing the Forest for the Trees - Forests, Climate Change, and Our Future

Planting trees to improve climate is an age-old idea, once refuted in scientific dispute more than a century ago, and reborn today with climate change worries. Spanning the 1500s to the present, this book examines the history and science of forest-climate influences, and forest management to mitigate climate change.

List of contents

Part I: Historical Perspective: 1. The Forest-Climate Question; 2. Tempering the Climate, c. 1600-1840; 3. Destroying the Rains, c. 1500-1830; 4. Planting Trees for Rain, c. 1840-1900; 5. Making a Science: Forest Meteorology, c. 1850-1880; 6. American Meteorologists Speak Out, c. 1850-1910; 7. Views of Forests; Part II: The Scientific Basis: 8. Global Physical Climatology; 9. Forest Biometeorology; 10. Scientific Tools; 11. Forest Microclimates; 12. Water Yield; 13. Carbon Sequestration; 14. Forest Macroclimates; 15. Case Studies; 16. Climate-Smart Forests; 17. Forests of the Future; 18. The Forests Before Us; Notes; References; Index.

About the author

Gordon Bonan is senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He is the author of Ecological Climatology (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and numerous publications on terrestrial ecosystems and climate. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the Ecological Society of America.

Summary

Planting trees to improve climate is an age-old idea, once refuted in scientific dispute more than a century ago, and reborn today with climate change worries. Spanning the 1500s to the present, this book examines the history and science of forest–climate influences, and forest management to mitigate climate change.

Foreword

This book examines the history and science of forest–climate influences and forest management to mitigate climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Bonan, Gordon (National Center for Atmospheric Res Bonan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781108467841
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46784-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Botany & plant sciences, Forests, rainforests, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Botany and plant sciences, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Forests and woodland, Forestry and silviculture