Chris Jones

Nov 13, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Chris Jones

Terrestrial vegetation stands as a fundamental constituent of the biosphere, primarily regulating global carbon and water cycles (Gentine et al., 2019), maintaining surface energy balance (Forzieri et al., 2020), and forging interconnections with Earth's climate (Green et al., 2017). Via photosynthesis, global vegetation absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, transforming it into vital carbohydrate resources (Beer et al., 2010).

Oct 3, 2024 | nature.com | Chantelle Burton |Douglas Kelley |Eleanor Burke |Camilla Mathison |Chris Jones |Richard A. Betts | +1 more

AbstractTo avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the Paris Agreement committed countries to pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 °C by urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the Paris temperature ambitions and remaining carbon budgets mostly use models that lack feedback among fire, vegetation and carbon, which are essential for understanding the future resilience of ecosystems.

Mar 11, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Chris Jones

Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, last month said that the Biden administration’s continued provision of arms to Israel, while calling on the Israeli army to prevent civilian deaths in Gaza, is “a little bit contradictory”. Biden and other western leaders should “stop saying please” to the Israeli government and start “doing something”, Borrell added.

Feb 28, 2024 | nature.com | Peter Cox |Mark Williamson |Pierre Friedlingstein |Chris Jones |Joeri Rogelj

AbstractEarth System Models (ESMs) continue to diagnose a wide range of carbon budgets for each level of global warming. Here, we present emergent constraints on the carbon budget as a function of global warming, which combine the available ESM historical simulations and future projections for a range of scenarios, with observational estimates of global warming and anthropogenic CO2 emissions to the present day.

Jan 25, 2024 | cgiar.org | Alan D. Duncan |Chris Jones

In an event held 1 Nov 2023, scientists from the CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate convened for an Occasional Feed Conversation, shedding light on the pivotal role of improved livestock feed management in adapting to climate change, particularly in arid regions. The discussion also emphasized the contribution of enhanced feeding practices to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and reducing the environmental footprint of livestock.