Rising extreme weather warns of ecosystem collapse: study

Huete, A; Ma, X

Rising extreme weather warns of ecosystem collapse: study

Huete, A

Ma, X

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Citation:: 2016
Issue Date:: 2016-02-18

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dc.contributor.author	Huete, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-2376
dc.contributor.author	Ma, X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1499-8476
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-18T04:33:38Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-18T04:33:38Z
dc.date.issued	2016-02-18
dc.identifier.citation	2016
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/155337
dc.description.abstract	The world’s climate is already changing. Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, and heatwaves) are increasing as global temperatures rise. While we are starting to learn how these changes will affect people and individual species, we don’t yet know how ecosystems are likely to change. Research published in Nature, using 14 years of NASA satellite data, shows eastern Australia’s drylands are among the most sensitive ecosystems to these extreme events, alongside tropical rainforests and mountains. Central Australia’s desert ecosystems are also vulnerable, but for different reasons.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The Conversation
dc.relation	University of Technology Sydney
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102698
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Rising extreme weather warns of ecosystem collapse: study
dc.type	Internet Publication
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAMGIS - Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial lnformation Systems
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Abstract:

The world’s climate is already changing. Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, and heatwaves) are increasing as global temperatures rise. While we are starting to learn how these changes will affect people and individual species, we don’t yet know how ecosystems are likely to change. Research published in Nature, using 14 years of NASA satellite data, shows eastern Australia’s drylands are among the most sensitive ecosystems to these extreme events, alongside tropical rainforests and mountains. Central Australia’s desert ecosystems are also vulnerable, but for different reasons.

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