03410nam 2200685Ia 450 991045820470332120200520144314.01-282-96654-597866129665450-8213-8622-0(CKB)2560000000056267(EBL)635556(OCoLC)704387293(SSID)ssj0000467062(PQKBManifestationID)12147048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467062(PQKBWorkID)10467086(PQKB)10122367(MiAaPQ)EBC635556(Au-PeEL)EBL635556(CaPaEBR)ebr10440508(CaONFJC)MIL296654(EXLCZ)99256000000005626720100917d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAssessment of the risk of Amazon dieback[electronic resource] /Walter Vergara, Sebastian ScholzWashington, D.C. World Bank20101 online resource (204 p.)World Bank studyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8621-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 CoverThe 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.Despite the large CO2 efflux from recent deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is still considered to be a net carbonWorld Bank StudiesClimatic changesAmazon River RegionForecastingComputer simulationDeforestationAmazon River RegionComputer simulationForest biomassCarbon contentAmazon River RegionComputer simulationForest microclimatologyAmazon River RegionComputer simulationRain forest plantsClimatic factorsAmazon River RegionComputer simulationElectronic books.Climatic changesForecastingComputer simulation.DeforestationComputer simulation.Forest biomassCarbon contentComputer simulation.Forest microclimatologyComputer simulation.Rain forest plantsClimatic factorsComputer simulation.333.75/1409811Vergara Walter1950-893146Scholz Sebastian M931486MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458204703321Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback2095398UNINA