Chemistry-driven changes strongly influence climate forcing from vegetation emissions

The modelling of BVOC chemistry strongly affects how doubling of BVOC emissions affects climate. Lower oxidant depletion with state-of-science chemistry leads to 43% smaller positive forcing from smaller methane increases and cloud albedo decreases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James Weber, Scott Archer-Nicholls, Nathan Luke Abraham, Youngsub Matthew Shin, Paul Griffiths, Daniel P. Grosvenor, Catherine E. Scott, Alex T. Archibald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34944-9