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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2237-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2237-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The potential of an increased deciduous forest fraction to mitigate the effects of heat extremes in Europe
Marcus Breil
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
Annabell Weber
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Joaquim G. Pinto
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Do Regional Differences in Forest Distribution Affect Residents’ Preferences for Forest Ecosystem Services? Y. Son et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16050826
- The effect of forest cover changes on the regional climate conditions in Europe during the period 1986–2015 M. Breil et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-811-2024
- Deciduous afforestation as a natural climate solution: impacts on biomass and carbon sequestration in boreal forests of Canada F. du Toit et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-025-00385-2
- Micrometeorological drivers affecting the variability of CO2 uptake in the Himalayan Oak and Pine dominated ecosystems: An assessment of causal relationships L. Khadke et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132333
- Climate impacts of radiative forcing driven by agricultural land-use and land-cover changes in northern Canada E. Pashanejad et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128201
- Influence of forest canopy structure on temperature buffering in young planted forests with varied tree species compositions revealed by terrestrial laser scanning M. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110640
- Cooling outweighs warming across phenological transitions in the Northern Hemisphere Y. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2501844122
- Pretreatments and model fitting to identify in-situ decomposition of fir wood constituents C. Branca & C. Di Blasi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joei.2025.101997
- Seasonality of the recreational value of forests in Denmark T. de Kruiff et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103607
- Mitigating Urban Microclimate Extremes with Vegetation Strategies for Seasonal Temperature Regulation M. Atifehpour & R. Arabi https://doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5666
- Urban cemeteries: The forgotten but powerful cooling islands B. Stumpe et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173167
- Variability of evapotranspiration fluxes affected by dry and wet year transitions in beech, pine and mixed stands in the lowland of northeast Germany Y. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110771
- Inconsistency between process-based model and dose-response function in estimating biomass losses in Northern Hemisphere due to elevated O3 B. Sorrentino et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125379
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A promising strategy for mitigating burdens of heat extremes in Europe is to replace dark coniferous forests with brighter deciduous forests. The consequence of this would be reduced absorption of solar radiation, which should reduce the intensities of heat periods. In this study, we show that deciduous forests have a certain cooling effect on heat period intensities in Europe. However, the magnitude of the temperature reduction is quite small.
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