Thursday, November 1, 2007
A researcher based in Queensland says, land clearing and native vegetation management are as vital as greenhouse gases when considering the climate change. According to Dr. McAlpine from the University of Queensland's says, what is happening to the land is closely associated to changes in the climate.
"We need to recognize the land surface and how we manage the land has a strong feedback on the climate and that's going to become even more important as our climate changes," he said.
"I'm not saying that land clearing is the only factor impacting climate but we have a strong interaction between the greenhouse gas effect and the changes in the land surface."