Dominick V. Spracklen

Nov 13, 2024 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ben Silver |Dominick V. Spracklen |A Collab Project |Callum Smith

1 Introduction Temperate rainforests are a rare forest ecosystem globally, restricted to cool, moist climates biomes that cover less than 1% of the Earth's land surface and account for 2.5% of total forest cover (Alaback, 1991; DellaSala, 2011).

Sep 12, 2024 | nature.com | Yu Feng |Philippe Ciais |Jean-Pierre Wigneron |Alan Ziegler |Dave van Wees |Dominick V. Spracklen | +4 more

AbstractTropical terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance. However, the complex dynamics and factors controlling tropical aboveground live biomass carbon (AGC) are not fully understood. Here, using remotely sensed observations, we find a moderate net AGC sink of 0.21 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1 throughout the global tropics from 2010 to 2020. This arises from a gross loss of −1.79 PgC yr−1 offset by a marked gain of 2.01 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1.

Sep 12, 2024 | nature.com | Yu Feng |Philippe Ciais |Jean-Pierre Wigneron |Alan Ziegler |Dave van Wees |Dominick V. Spracklen | +4 more

AbstractTropical terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance. However, the complex dynamics and factors controlling tropical aboveground live biomass carbon (AGC) are not fully understood. Here, using remotely sensed observations, we find a moderate net AGC sink of 0.21 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1 throughout the global tropics from 2010 to 2020. This arises from a gross loss of −1.79 PgC yr−1 offset by a marked gain of 2.01 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1.

Jan 23, 2024 | phys.org | Dominick V. Spracklen

Hillsides splashed with purple heather are a symbol of Scotland and its natural beauty. But these picturesque moorlands are actually maintained by people—a practice that is coming under intense scrutiny as the climate crisis escalates.

Jan 23, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Dominick V. Spracklen

Hillsides splashed with purple heather are a symbol of Scotland and its natural beauty. But these picturesque moorlands are actually maintained by people — a practice that is coming under intense scrutiny as the climate crisis escalates. Scotland’s moorlands are deliberately burned from October to mid-April in a practice known as “muirburn”, which encourages new grass and heather that feeds grouse and livestock.