Amazon Forest Interactions with Earth's Climate System

Jeffrey Q. Chambers

Part of the Fall 2014 Bay Area Latin America Forum 

October 6, 2014

Amazon Forest Interactions with Earth's Climate System

Event Description

Tropical forests are being affected by global changes, particularly the rising concentration of atmospheric CO2, elevated temperatures, and changing precipitation patterns. This talk will examine the impact of these changes and how complex human landscapes interact with Earth’s climate system.  

Speaker

Jeffrey Q. Chambers is a faculty scientist in the Climate Sciences Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and an associate professor of Geography at UC Berkeley.

More Information

Read "Climate: Is Our Carbon Sink Sunk?" by Noelia González in the Fall 2015 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.