Carbon Sequestration and the Urban heat Island Effect
Author(s): Evan Blais
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Summary:
An urban heat island is an urban or
metropolitan area that is on average far warmer
than the surrounding rural areas. In this lesson we will study the impact these warmer temperatures have on the carbon sequestration of urban trees.
Contents:
lesson summary/pitch(PPSX | 5 MB)
UHI Data.csv(CSV | 1 KB)
Lesson pdf (student copy)(PDF | 923 KB)- Lesson pdf (teacher copy)(PDF | 932 KB)
- UHI_QubesRmarkdown_final.Rmd(RMD | 2 KB)
- UHI_QubesRmarkdown_final_pdf.pdf(PDF | 175 KB)
- License terms
Description
Based on a paper titled Urban Warming Reduces Aboveground Carbon Storage, this lesson uses photosynthetic and growth data to show the relationships between warming temperatures attributed to the urban heat island effect and carbon sequestration.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Blais, E. (2021). Carbon Sequestration and the Urban heat Island Effect. VCU Environmental Research Methods, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/ZRXW-ZB81