TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of overgrazing on historical temperature trends
AU - Nasrallah, Hassan A.
AU - Balling, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this research was provided by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences under Project Number 92-05-15.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - Twentieth century temperature records for a latitudinal band extending from 10°N to 50°N are stratified using a recent UNEP map showing areas affected by overgrazing. Linear trend analysis shows that the overgrazed areas have warmed at a rate of 0.0057 K year-1 while land areas in the latitudinal band not impacted by overgrazing have warmed at a rate of 0.0035 K year-1. The difference in temperature between the two groups has increased at a statistically significant rate over the 1901-1990 time period. While this temperature increase apparently associated with overgrazing may be important locally and regionally, the impact of overgrazing probably accounts for less than 1% of global warming over the same time period.
AB - Twentieth century temperature records for a latitudinal band extending from 10°N to 50°N are stratified using a recent UNEP map showing areas affected by overgrazing. Linear trend analysis shows that the overgrazed areas have warmed at a rate of 0.0057 K year-1 while land areas in the latitudinal band not impacted by overgrazing have warmed at a rate of 0.0035 K year-1. The difference in temperature between the two groups has increased at a statistically significant rate over the 1901-1990 time period. While this temperature increase apparently associated with overgrazing may be important locally and regionally, the impact of overgrazing probably accounts for less than 1% of global warming over the same time period.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-1923(94)90023-X
DO - 10.1016/0168-1923(94)90023-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028038633
SN - 0168-1923
VL - 71
SP - 425
EP - 430
JO - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
JF - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
IS - 3-4
ER -