Posts Tagged ‘biosphere’
Global dust budget – Encyclopedia of Earth
The global dust budget refers to an accounting of the emission, atmospheric loading, and deposition of the mineral dust aerosol on a global scale. The topic covers the location and strength of sources, transport paths, atmospheric distribution, and deposition of mineral dust aerosol.
ISB – International Society of Biometeorology – ISB
Biometeorology is an interdisciplinary science studying the interactions between atmospheric processes and living organisms – plants, animals and humans. The most important question that biometeorology answers is:
How does weather and climate impact the well-being of all living creatures?
This would include reproduction, population fluctuations, and general health of the organism community.
Some example topics in biometeorology include:
* the relationship between agricultural yields and weather
* how extreme weather affects cattle feeding habits
* the impact of weather on human health
* how pollution affects certain tree species
* calculating the level of tolerance of organisms to environmental extremes
