Event Description
Tropical forests are being affected by global changes, particularly the rising concentration of atmospheric CO2, elevated temperatures, and changing precipitation patterns. This talk will examine the impact of these changes and how complex human landscapes interact with Earth’s climate system.
Speaker
Jeffrey Q. Chambers is a faculty scientist in the Climate Sciences Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and an associate professor of Geography at UC Berkeley.
More Information
Read "Climate: Is Our Carbon Sink Sunk?" by Noelia González in the Fall 2015 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.