Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle

Anthropogenic activity introduces billions of tons of green house gases into the atmosphere every year. It is essential to understand how these compounds behave, and by which mechanisms they exert their effects. Although carbon dioxide is not the most potent greenhouse gas, it is by far the most abundant, and makes the greatest contribution to the greenhouse effect. Understanding how carbon cycles from the atmosphere into the terrestrial and marine environments is necessary to create more accurate climate predictions and set appropriate carbon reduction targets.

Faculty Experts

• Arnold J. Bloom
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Martin Burger
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture
• Jeannie L. Darby
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• Valerie Eviner
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach | Business, Management
• Ermias Kebreab
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Air Quality
• Pierre Merel
  Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Jeff Mitchell
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Physiology and Nutrition | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Air Quality | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Malcolm North
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Stressors on Plants | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance
• Sanjai Parikh
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• Dennis E. Rolston
  Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• Kate M. Scow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Soil Microbes | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Johan Six
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Soil Microbes | Rivers | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Qi Zhang
  Climate Change | Atmospheric Science | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle