Impacts of climate-driven insect population change on sawtimber provisioning, carbon sequestration, and water retention: a case study of bark beetle outbreaks in the USA

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

A key issue in landscape management, whether public or private, is the mitigation of disturbance events that impact vegetation, ecosystem health, and thus services (ESs). Although many studies have found significant tree mortality due to insect infestations, there still insufficient understanding how these infestations alter ESs their associated economic values. Addressing this research gap can assist forest managers decision-makers refining implementing adaptive management practices policies, while enhancing resilience forests ESs. We investigated impacts bark beetle outbreaks on three (timber provisioning, water retention, carbon sequestration) Lake Tahoe region Northern California Nevada. Using simulation model LANDIS-II, we examined differences between a business-as-usual scenario an enhanced with respect amount aboveground biomass impacted by outbreaks. Since infestation also influenced climate, each two scenarios considered different climate scenarios: average historical (no change); warmer, wetter from Model for Interdisciplinary Research Climate (MIROC); hotter, drier Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM). Results show warmer results more than cooler resulting greater negative The estimated loss ES value approximately $0.2 $0.8 million USD per year. Enhanced capable prevent damages trees

Language: Английский

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Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 177(8)

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Abstract The terms “global warming,” “climate crisis,” emergency,” and justice” each draw attention to different aspects of climate change. Psychological theories attitude formation suggest that people’s attitudes can be influenced by such variations in terminology. In a national experiment, we randomly assigned sample 5,137 U.S. residents change,” or examined their responses. Overall, change” warming” were rated as most familiar concerning, the least, with ratings for crisis” emergency” falling between. Moreover, find no evidence eliciting more perceived urgency than warming.” Rated willingness support climate-friendly policies eat less red meat affected presented terms, but they lowest justice.” Although effects on familiarity, concern, varied political leaning, generally received these variables among Democrats, Republicans, Independent/others. Auxiliary analyses found when unfamiliar, participants likely express urgency, policy support, meat. We therefore recommend sticking conclude changing terminology is not key solution promoting action, alternative communication strategies.

Language: Английский

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At least two accounting systems for Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) are needed

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 370, P. 122429 - 122429

Published: Sept. 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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