Friday 31 August 2007

Potential increase in runoff due to plants and carbon dioxide

This weeks Nature is publishing a great step froward from Richard Betts and his team that eloquently model the links betwee carbon dioxide, plants and potential runoff. See:

Richard A. Betts, Olivier Boucher, Matthew Collins, Peter M. Cox, Peter D. Falloon, Nicola Gedney, Deborah L. Hemming, Chris Huntingford, Chris D. Jones, David M. H. Sexton & Mark J. Webb. Projected Increase in Continental Runoff Due to Plant Responses to Increasing Carbon Dioxide. Nature, 448(7157), 30 August 2007, pp. 1037-1041. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7157/pdf/nature06045.pdf

Source: Met Office Press Release (29 Aug):
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2007/pr20070829.html

Phil

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