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: The Open The Open Courses Library |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 33 |
Release |
: 2019-11-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1712327275 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781712327272 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Photosynthesis, Global Climate Change, and Food Production by : The Open The Open Courses Library
Photosynthesis, Global Climate Change, and Food Production The process of photosynthesis has a theoretical efficiency of 30%, but in reality the efficiency is much lower. It is only about 3% on cloudy days. Why is so much solar energy lost? There are a number of factors contributing to this energy loss, and one metabolic pathway that contributes to this low efficiency is photorespiration. All biomes are affected by global conditions, such as climate, that ultimately shape each biome's environment. Scientists who study climate have noted a series of marked changes that have gradually become increasingly evident during the last sixty years. Global climate change is the term used to describe altered global weather patterns, including a worldwide increase in temperature, due largely to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Chapter Outline: Photosynthetic Pathways Climate and the Effects of Global Climate Change Human Population Continues to Grow The Open Courses Library introduces you to the best Open Source Courses.
Author |
: Iker Aranjuelo |
Publisher |
: Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2021-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9782889665136 |
ISBN-13 |
: 2889665135 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Photosynthesis in a Changing Global Climate: a Matter of Scale by : Iker Aranjuelo
Author |
: Sylvan H. Wittwer |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 1995-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0873717961 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780873717960 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide by : Sylvan H. Wittwer
Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion on the effects of the rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide on crop production and plant growth. The emphasis is global. It examines crops of economic value, with special attention to the food crops that stand between people and starvation. The author has brought together his knowledge and 50 years of experience dealing with global food production problems, coupled with and a background of his own premier research on the positive effects of elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on plant growth and crop productivity. Topics addressed include the climate as a resource in food production and climatic impacts and direct effects from rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on crops. The book provides global and regional projections of a CO2 -induced climate change and food production. Food security is discussed and future possibilities for research are presented. Suitable as a text and invaluable as a reference, it presents the latest developments drawn from a wide scientific community and uses language and terminology appropriate for a diverse audience.
Author |
: Katie M. Becklin |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 407 |
Release |
: 2021-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030649265 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030649261 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Climate Change by : Katie M. Becklin
Changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global climate conditions have altered photosynthesis and plant respiration across both geologic and contemporary time scales. Understanding climate change effects on plant carbon dynamics is critical for predicting plant responses to future growing conditions. Furthermore, demand for biofuel, fibre and food production is rapidly increasing with the ever-expanding global human population, and our ability to meet these demands is exacerbated by climate change. This volume integrates physiological, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives on photosynthesis and respiration responses to climate change. We explore this topic in the context of modeling plant responses to climate, including physiological mechanisms that constrain carbon assimilation and the potential for plants to acclimate to rising carbon dioxide concentration, warming temperatures and drought. Additional chapters contrast climate change responses in natural and agricultural ecosystems, where differences in climate sensitivity between different photosynthetic pathways can influence community and ecosystem processes. Evolutionary studies over past and current time scales provide further insight into evolutionary changes in photosynthetic traits, the emergence of novel plant strategies, and the potential for rapid evolutionary responses to future climate conditions. Finally, we discuss novel approaches to engineering photosynthesis and photorespiration to improve plant productivity for the future. The overall goals for this volume are to highlight recent advances in photosynthesis and respiration research, and to identify key challenges to understanding and scaling plant physiological responses to climate change. The integrated perspectives and broad scope of research make this volume an excellent resource for both students and researchers in many areas of plant science, including plant physiology, ecology, evolution, climate change, and biotechnology. For this volume, 37 experts contributed chapters that span modeling, empirical, and applied research on photosynthesis and respiration responses to climate change. Authors represent the following seven countries: Australia (6); Canada (9), England (5), Germany (2), Spain (3), and the United States (12).
Author |
: David B. Lobell |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2009-12-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789048129522 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9048129524 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Change and Food Security by : David B. Lobell
Roughly a billion people around the world continue to live in state of chronic hunger and food insecurity. Unfortunately, efforts to improve their livelihoods must now unfold in the context of a rapidly changing climate, in which warming temperatures and changing rainfall regimes could threaten the basic productivity of the agricultural systems on which most of the world’s poor directly depend. But whether climate change represents a minor impediment or an existential threat to development is an area of substantial controversy, with different conclusions wrought from different methodologies and based on different data. This book aims to resolve some of the controversy by exploring and comparing the different methodologies and data that scientists use to understand climate’s effects on food security. In explains the nature of the climate threat, the ways in which crops and farmers might respond, and the potential role for public and private investment to help agriculture adapt to a warmer world. This broader understanding should prove useful to both scientists charged with quantifying climate threats, and policy-makers responsible for crucial decisions about how to respond. The book is especially suitable as a companion to an interdisciplinary undergraduate or graduate level class.
Author |
: Fakhri A. Bazzaz |
Publisher |
: Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9251039879 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789251039878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production by : Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Author |
: Tariq Aftab |
Publisher |
: Academic Press |
Total Pages |
: 558 |
Release |
: 2021-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780323885881 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0323885888 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes by : Tariq Aftab
Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes: Developing Climate-Resilient Plants reviews and integrates currently available information on the impact of the environment on functional and adaptive features of plants from the molecular, biochemical and physiological perspectives to the whole plant level. The book also provides a direction towards implementation of programs and practices that will enable sustainable production of crops resilient to climatic alterations. This book will be beneficial to academics and researchers working on stress physiology, stress proteins, genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering, and other fields of plant physiology. Advancing ecophysiological understanding and approaches to enhance plant responses to new environmental conditions is critical to developing meaningful high-throughput phenotyping tools and maintaining humankind's supply of goods and services as global climate change intensifies. - Illustrates the central role for plant ecophysiology in applying basic research to address current and future challenges for humans - Brings together global leaders working in the area of plant-environment interactions and shares research findings - Presents current scenarios and future plans of action for the management of stresses through various approaches
Author |
: Ashwani Kumar |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 502 |
Release |
: 2020-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789811552281 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9811552282 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels by : Ashwani Kumar
The use of fossil fuels results in rising CO2 and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, causing global temperature rise and climate change that will negatively impact human health, the food supply, and eventually worsen hunger and misery. Presently, fossil fuels meet 88% of the energy demand, resulting in rising CO2/GHG emissions at alarming rates. The increased use of biofuels would help to mitigate climate change. Efficiently designing methods for the production of biofuels and plant-derived high-value products requires a deeper understanding of photosynthetic processes as a prerequisite for applying novel biotechnologies. Accordingly, this book provides ample information and a wealth of illustrative examples. The book’s eighteen richly illustrated chapters are divided into three thematic parts. I: Photosynthesis and Biomass Production under Changing Conditions, II: Microalgae and Engineered Crops for Production of Biofuels and High-value Products, and III: Genetic Resources and Engineering Methods to Improve Crop Plants. Readers will find the latest information on the molecular basis of photosynthetic processes in plants (including the regulatory principles that allow plants to maintain homeostasis under changing conditions), stress resistance and synthetic pathways. In addition, the basic principles of important biotechnologies, as well as examples of specially designed crops capable of growing under stress conditions with improved productivity, are presented. The book sets the course for future research in the field of biofuel development and production and provides both general and specific information for students, teachers, academic researchers, industrial teams, and general readers who are interested in new developments concerning the production of biofuels with value-added properties.
Author |
: Thomas E. Downing |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 653 |
Release |
: 2013-06-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783642610868 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3642610862 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Change and World Food Security by : Thomas E. Downing
In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the first Conference of Parties, I participated in a panel at the inaugural Oxford Environment Conference on Climate Change and World Food Security. The panel vigorously reviewed issues of resilient development and food security. This book is a product of the Oxford Environment Conference. It takes the essential questions of sustainability as a starting point to focus on present food security and its future prospects in the face of climate change. Why is this book important? First, I believe our goals to end hunger are under threat. We know what to do in many respects, but fail to generate the finances and political will to change the structures that thrive on poverty. Second, I believe concern about the environment has become dangerously separated from the fundamental issues of human deprivation. Third, I believe climate change is a serious threat and I am dismayed at the way nations dither over how to control greenhouse gas emissions and mechanisms to meet the challenge of adverse climate impacts.
Author |
: Suruchi Singh |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 2021-03-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780128230978 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0128230975 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Climate Change by : Suruchi Singh
Global Climate Change presents both practical and theoretical aspects of global climate change from across geological periods. It addresses holistic issues related to climate change and its contribution in triggering the temperature increase with a multitude of impacts on natural processes. As a result, it helps to identify the gaps between policies that have been put in place and the continuously increasing emissions. The challenges presented include habitability, biodiversity, natural resources, and human health. It is organized into information on the past, present, and future of climate change to lead to a more complete understanding and therefore effective solutions.Placing an emphasis on recent climate change research, Global Climate Change helps to bring researchers and graduate students in climate science, environmental science, and sustainability up to date on the science of climate change so far and presents a baseline for how to move into the future effectively. - Addresses the variety of challenges associated with climate change, along with possible solutions - Includes suggestions for future research on climate change - Covers climate change holistically, including global and regional scales, ecosystems, agriculture, energy, and sustainability - Presents both practical and theoretical research, including coverage of climate change over various geological periods