Research Spotlight:

Investigating the relative impacts of future emissions, climate and land use change

Atmospheric composition is evolving on timescales from seconds to decades in response to changes in emissions and climate. In the Heald group, research is focused on understanding the critical role that land use change and biosphere-atmosphere interactions can also play in controlling future atmospheric composition. We use state of the art global climate models to explore these coupled processes. For example, a recent project investigated how the bark beetle infestation of the last decade has impacted natural emissions and air quality in Western North America.

Learn more about the Heald group’s research here.