Deforestation in tropical mountain areas increases warming
University of Gothenburg Deforestation is happening over tropical mountainous regions, giving space for agriculture to expand. This changes the land surface properties through altered evapotranspiration and albedo which affect the radiation balance of the surface, thereby changing the local climate. However, these biophysical changes and their impact on climate have not be considered in the state-of-the-art climate models so far and remain unknown. An international research team from China, USA, Thailand, France, Singapore, Korea, Japan, UK, and Sweden including Prof. Deliang Chen, Departmen...
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