The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) computer model was used to estimate future soil erosion by water from winter wheat cropland in Central Oklahoma and for 10 projected climates and 7 alternative conservation practices.
Our approach in using current belowground C stocks from temperate forests across the US, with a range of current and projected climates, management histories, and stand structures, serves as a preliminary investigation of the role that climate may play on coarse root systems (e.g., Fig. 4).
A comparison with soil erosion values under current climate conditions and conventional tillage operations showed that, on average, a switch from conventional to conservation tillage would be sufficient to offset the average increase in soil erosion by water under most projected climates.
Objectives: We compared mortality associated with heat and cold in UK regions and Australian cities for current and projected climates and populations.
Future impacts of projected climates on many such health outcomes can be modelled, using information from empirical studies of the relationship of variations in climate conditions to specific health outcomes (2).
Our approach in using current belowground C stocks from temperate forests across the US, with a range of current and projected climates, management histories, and stand structures, serves as a preliminary investigation of the role that climate may play on coarse root systems (e.g., Fig. 4).
