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Science 25 November 2005:
Vol. 310. no. 5752, p. 1241
DOI: 10.1126/science.310.5752.1241h
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Figure 1 Assessing the likely affects of global climate change remains a high priority for all nations. Schröter et al. (p. 1333, published online 27 October) show how the pattern of Europe's vulnerability to global changes is likely to change in the 21st century caused by the decreased supply of ecosystem services such as plant growth, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, water, and soil fertility. They apply four climate models to Europe and combine them with socioeconomic scenarios to project the evolution of a range of ecosystem services for the coming century, ranging from carbon sequestration to freshwater provisioning and biodiversity. The loss of these services is likely to be accentuated particularly in the Mediterranean and in mountainous regions.

CREDIT: SCHRÖTER ET AL.




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