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SUMMARY:Arctic ecosystems and our climate: do plants matter?
DTSTART:20121030T161500
DTEND:20121030T171500
DTSTAMP:20260602T153039Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Ellen Dorrepaal\, Ecology and Environmental Sciences\, Umea
  University\, Sweden\nFor millennia\, life in the arctic has been exposed 
 to harsh conditions. Several adaptations have enabled plants to survive an
 d to even dominate many arctic ecosystems and their impacts on the outside
  world. In particular\, the faster production of organic matter by plants 
 relative to its breakdown by microbes has resulted in the accumulation of 
 large amounts of carbon in arctic soils. This long-term withdrawal of CO2 
 from the atmosphere has had a cooling influence on our global climate in t
 he past. Presently\, however\, the arctic experiences pronounced climate w
 arming. Will plants continue to dominate arctic ecosystem processes that f
 eedback to the global climate?
LOCATION:GR A3 32 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2032
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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