Article
Forestry
Gabriel Landry, Evelyne Thiffault, Dominic Cyr, Lucas Moreau, Yan Boulanger, Caren Dymond
Summary: The forest sector has the potential to reduce atmospheric CO2 through carbon sequestration and wood substitution, but climate change can impact these efforts. A study conducted in the temperate-boreal forest ecotone of Quebec, Canada, compared ecosystem-based forest management with total forest conservation, showing that management activities can result in CO2 emissions, especially from the degradation of short-lived wood products. Additionally, climate warming may decrease the capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon, highlighting the need for adaptation in industrial processing methods to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Choimaa Dulamsuren, Markus Hauck
Summary: Research shows that in highly drought-prone forests on the southern edge of the boreal forest in Inner Asia, nitrogen fertilization from local livestock may modify trees' vulnerability to drought by reducing stomatal conductance and increasing tree growth. This drought-nitrogen interaction is likely induced by low nitrogen levels affecting stomatal closure.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Claudia F. Nisa, Jocelyn J. Belanger, Birga M. Schumpe, Edyta M. Sasin
Summary: Attachment theory suggests that secure attachment is crucial for understanding climate change mitigation, as it requires joint action and collective behavioral change. Research shows that priming attachment security can increase acceptance and perceived responsibility toward anthropogenic climate change by enhancing empathy for others, leading to increased actions to address climate change. Additionally, activating attachment security may also result in higher donations to pro-environmental groups and reduce food waste, indicating that promoting secure attachment could be an effective approach for climate change mitigation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joel Millward-Hopkins, Yannick Oswald
Summary: Economic inequality and climate change are crucial issues, with the Global North and wealthier classes being the main drivers of global carbon emissions. Reducing income inequality can help reduce carbon footprint inequalities, but it may not significantly decrease total emissions. Recomposing consumption by reducing inequalities in household expenditure and reallocating the reductions to public services can lead to significant reductions in carbon footprint on both individual country and global levels.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jennifer L. Baltzer, Nicola J. Day, Xanthe J. Walker, David Greene, Michelle C. Mack, Heather D. Alexander, Dominique Arseneault, Jennifer Barnes, Yves Bergeron, Yan Boucher, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Carissa D. Brown, Suzanne Carriere, Brian K. Howard, Sylvie Gauthier, Marc-Andre Parisien, Kirsten A. Reid, Brendan M. Rogers, Carl Roland, Luc Sirois, Sarah Stehn, Dan K. Thompson, Merritt R. Turetsky, Sander Veraverbeke, Ellen Whitman, Jian Yang, Jill F. Johnstone
Summary: Intensifying wildfire activity and climate change are driving rapid forest compositional shifts in boreal North America, potentially leading to a loss of black spruce dominance. Following fires, post-fire regeneration failure is common for black spruce, while forests dominated by jack pine or broad-leaved trees show more resilience. Climate moisture deficits and increased fire activity may erode the remaining resilience in black spruce forests, pushing the system towards a tipping point not seen in thousands of years.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
William J. Ripple, William R. Moomaw, Christopher Wolf, Matthew G. Betts, Beverly E. Law, Jillian Gregg, Thomas M. Newsome
Summary: Addressing climate change requires both mitigation and adaptation strategies to work together, with important synergies between them in areas such as energy, pollutants, nature, food, population, and the economy. There is enormous potential for civil society, government, world leaders, and the private sector to utilize adaptation opportunities provided by mitigation strategies, to alleviate humanity's suffering in navigating the uncertainties of the climate crisis.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Femke van Geffen, Birgit Heim, Frederic Brieger, Rongwei Geng, Iuliia A. Shevtsova, Luise Schulte, Simone M. Stuenzi, Nadine Bernhardt, Elena Troeva, Luidmila A. Pestryakova, Evgenii S. Zakharov, Bringfried Pflug, Ulrike Herzschuh, Stefan Kruse
Summary: The SiDroForest data collection addresses the scarcity of forest structure data in Siberia by providing adjusted and labeled tree-level and vegetation plot-level data for machine learning and upscaling purposes. The collection consists of four datasets that contain different data types, supporting in-depth analyses and diverse applications.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Migle Jakucionyte-Skodiene, Genovaite Liobikiene
Summary: This study examined the relationship between climate change concerns, personal responsibility, and actions related to climate change mitigation in EU countries. Economic development level significantly affects personal responsibility and the number of actions related to climate change mitigation, but not climate change concerns. Hofstede's cultural dimensions influence climate change concerns, responsibility, and the number of actions differently.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Elias Hurmekoski, Janni Kunttu, Tero Heinonen, Timo Pukkala, Heli Peltola
Summary: Wood use is expanding to new markets in order to replace fossil-intensive products and energy, which can contribute to climate change mitigation. However, the actual mitigation potential depends on various factors such as net fossil and biogenic emissions, market assumptions, and the realism of scenarios. This study focuses on assessing the avoided fossil emissions attributed to changes in wood use and estimating the additional mitigation potential of increased wood use in construction and textile markets. The results show that, compared to baseline, an increase in the market share of wood leads to an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration by 2050, indicating that wood substitution impacts are not sufficient to compensate for forest carbon sinks reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Corey Lesk, Denes Csala, Robin Hasse, Sgouris Sgouridis, Antoine Levesque, Katharine J. Mach, Daniel Horen Greenford, H. Damon Matthews, Radley M. Horton
Summary: The article discusses the need for a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate risks caused by climate change. The study estimates the CO2 emissions embedded in the broader climate transition using a set of models. The results suggest that while emissions from adaptation-related interventions are relatively low, emissions from deploying renewable energy capacity are much higher. The article emphasizes the importance of considering emissions from mitigation actions and highlights the potential for reducing emissions through ambitious energy decarbonization efforts.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Susan M. Natali, Robin Bronen, Patricia Cochran, John P. Holdren, Brendan M. Rogers, Rachael Treharne
Summary: Permafrost thaw is causing significant changes in the Arctic and posing risks to both residents and the global climate. However, it is largely excluded from policy dialogues at all levels. It is important to reduce scientific uncertainty, align scientific outputs with climate policy needs, and develop equitable climate adaptation plans to address the hazards of permafrost thaw.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Maria H. Hallfors, Juha Poyry, Janne Heliola, Ilmari Kohonen, Mikko Kuussaari, Reima Leinonen, Reto Schmucki, Pasi Sihvonen, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: The study shows that a combination of advancing phenology and shifting range boundaries is the most viable strategy for boreal Lepidoptera to adapt to changing climate. This may divide species into winners and losers based on their ability to capitalize on this combination, potentially having significant consequences on future community composition.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Tsegaye Ginbo, Luca Di Corato, Ruben Hoffmann
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of uncertainty and time flexibility in investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation, highlighting the limitations in current modeling and research on the uncertainty associated with climate change, as well as the focus on decisions made by risk neutral profit maximizers. Further research is needed to address the identified gaps.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Hedvig Kriszta Csapo, Michal Grabowski, Jan Marcin Weslawski
Summary: The Atlantification of the European Arctic is a complex phenomenon driven mainly by the changing properties of Atlantic water, leading to the alteration of local ecosystems towards a more temperate state and the appearance/range expansion of subarctic-boreal species at higher latitudes. This poses a threat to Arctic marine communities, with increasing biological complexity, (re)colonisation of boreal organisms, and the role of floating plastic debris in aiding the distribution of marine taxa as key factors.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Obbe A. Tuinenburg, Joyce H. C. Bosmans, Arie Staal
Summary: Forest restoration can increase global precipitation levels by increasing evaporation, especially during the growing season. By excluding natural grasslands and focusing on areas projected to become drier, we can prioritize forest restoration efforts to maximize precipitation benefits.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Narayanan Subramanian, Per Erik Karlsson, Johan Bergh, Urban Nilsson
Article
Agronomy
Adam Bahr, Magnus Ellstrom, Johan Bergh, Hakan Wallander
Article
Forestry
Narayanan Subramanian, Johan Bergh, Ulf Johansson, Urban Nilsson, Ola Sallnaes
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jean-Michel Roberge, Hjalmar Laudon, Christer Bjorkman, Thomas Ranius, Camilla Sandstrom, Adam Felton, Anna Stens, Annika Nordin, Anders Granstrom, Fredrik Widemo, Johan Bergh, Johan Sonesson, Jan Stenlid, Tomas Lundmark
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Adam Felton, Urban Nilsson, Johan Sonesson, Annika M. Felton, Jean-Michel Roberge, Thomas Ranius, Martin Ahlstrom, Johan Bergh, Christer Bjorkman, Johanna Boberg, Lars Drossler, Nils Fahlvik, Peichen Gong, Emma Holmstrom, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Maartje J. Klapwijk, Hjalmar Laudon, Tomas Lundmark, Mats Niklasson, Annika Nordin, Maria Pettersson, Jan Stenlid, Anna Stens, Kristina Wallertz
Article
Forestry
E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Johan Bergh, Adam Felton, Christer Bjoerkman, Mats Berlin, Petter Axelsson, Eva Ring, Anneli Agren, Jean-Michel Roberge, Maartje J. Klapwijk, Johanna Boberg
Article
Forestry
Johan Bergh, Urban Nilsson, H. Lee Allen, Ulf Johansson, Nils Fahlvik
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2014)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. J. Klapwijk, J. Boberg, J. Bergh, K. Bishop, C. Bjorkman, D. Ellison, A. Felton, R. Lidskog, T. Lundmark, E. C. H. Keskitalo, J. Sonesson, A. Nordin, E-M. Nordstrom, J. Stenlid, E. Marald
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2018)
Review
Forestry
Per-Ola Hedwall, Peichen Gong, Morten Ingerslev, Johan Bergh
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Forestry
Tomas Lundmark, Johan Bergh, Peter Hofer, Anders Lundstrom, Annika Nordin, Bishnu Chandra Poudel, Roger Sathre, Ruedi Taverna, Frank Werner
Article
Forestry
Josefin A. Nilsson, Grace Jones, Charlotta Hakansson, Asa Blom, Johan Bergh
Summary: The study found that juvenile silver birch trees in mixed conifer stands treated with fertilizer have faster growth, wider growth rings, thinner cell wall thickness, and slightly lower stem mean density. Fertilization can accelerate growth and achieve a fixed diameter earlier, but also lead to thinner cell walls.
Article
Forestry
Magnus Persson, Renats Trubins, Ljusk Ola Eriksson, Johan Bergh, Johan Sonesson, Emma Holmstrom
Summary: Precision forestry allows decision-making on tree-level or pixel-level data, and this study found no substantial long-term benefit or drawback in implementing thinning decisions based on pixel-level data as compared to stand-level data when optimizing stand economy. However, pixel-level information enables adapting silviculture to within-stand variation, which may favor other forest management goals than strictly financial goals.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Carl Svensson, Martin Karl-Friedrich Bader, Benjamin Forsmark, Urban Nilsson, Tomas Lundmark, Annika Nordin, Johan Bergh
Summary: Research shows that repeated fertilisation in young Norway spruce plantations in northern Europe can significantly increase biomass production and carbon sequestration, helping meet the demand for renewable materials and mitigate climate change.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Forestry
Lars Rytter, Kjell Andreassen, Johan Bergh, Per-Magnus Eko, Tiia Gronholm, Antti Kilpelainen, Dagnija Lazdina, Peeter Muiste, Thomas Nord-Larsen
