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FROM MOUNTAINS TO DESERTS : USING WATERSHED SCIENCE TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON CALIFORNIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Titre : FROM MOUNTAINS TO DESERTS : USING WATERSHED SCIENCE TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON CALIFORNIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
Identification : 1019 348
Pays : Etats Unis
Durée : START : 01 JUL 2019 // TERM : 30 SEP 2023
Résumé
Watershed science offers a rich set of tools to study the impacts of global environmental change in California. California’s natural and agricultural resources are facing unprecedented risks from global warming and urbanization. Environmental stressors include changes in the timing, amount and form of regional precipitation, increasing water demands caused by growing population and greater evapotranspiration, poor air quality and increased wildfire risks. This project will investigate the effect of climate change and atmospheric deposition on ecosystems and hydrology of the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert using long-term measurements of inputs and outputs of energy, water and important elements, and short-term ecosystem experiments using isotope tracers. These studies will aid Federal and State land management agencies in managing and preserving the ecosystem services provided by the Sierra Nevada and wildlands in southern California.
Performing Institution : UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 92521
Investigator : Sickman, J.
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