Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global Challenges

Summarizes 5 years of work on the EU project Climate Change and Forest Mitigation and Adaptation in a Polluted Environment

Intends to increase an understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. This book reconciles process-oriented research, long-term monitoring and applied modeling through comprehensive forest ecosystem research.There are significant pressures from climate change and air pollution that forests currently face. This book aims to increase understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. It reconciles process-oriented research, long-term monitoring and applied modeling through comprehensive forest ecosystem research. Furthermore, it introduces "forest super sites for research” for integrating soil, plant and atmospheric sciences and monitoring. It also provides mechanistic and policy-oriented modeling with scientifically sound risk indications regarding atmospheric changes and ecosystem services.