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Autore |
Vergara Walter <1950-> |
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Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback / / Walter Vergara and Sebastian Scholz |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-96654-5 |
9786612966545 |
0-8213-8622-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xiv, 95 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps. ; ; 26 cm |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Amazon River Region - Forecasting - Computer simulation |
Deforestation - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Forest biomass - Carbon content - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Forest microclimatology - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Rain forest plants - Climatic factors - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Modeling Future Climate in the Amazon Using the Earth Simulator; 3. Assessment of Future Rainfall over the Amazon Basin; 4. Analysis of Amazon Forest Response to Climate Change; 5. Interplay of Climate Impacts and Deforestation in the Amazon; 6. Conclusions; Appendixes; References; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Not only is the old-growth rainforests in the basin huge carbon storage with about 120 billion metric tons of carbon in their biomass, but they also process annually twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions through respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, the basin is the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the world's flow of fresh water into the oceans. |
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