Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water: Difference between revisions

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Composition of Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water

Key publications

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 |KeyReference=Sitch et al., 2003; Gerten et al., 2004; Bondeau et al., 2007;
-|Description=[[LPJmL model|LPJmL]], the vegetation, hydrology and agricultural model in IMAGE 3.0
+|Description=[[LPJmL model|LPJmL]] is the vegetation, hydrology and agricultural model in IMAGE 3.0
-Key policy questions are:
-*	What is the role of the terrestrial biosphere in the global carbon cycle, how will it change over time due to climate change and land-use change?
-*	How do climate change and land-use management affect the land productivity of current and possible future agricultural land?
-*	What is the combined effect of climate change and socio-economic development on water demand, water availability and the associated agricultural production?
 Within the Earth system, the terrestrial biosphere is the component that is most visibly impacted by human activity. Large parts of the land surface and the terrestrial vegetation have been converted for human use, such as into cropland or urban areas. Although in previous versions of IMAGE, agriculture, the terrestrial carbon, water and nutrient cycles had been distinct modules, many of the direct interactions could not be sufficiently covered.