Luyssaert, SebastiaanJammet, MathildeStoy, Paul C.Estel, StephanPongratz, JuliaCeschia, EricChurkina, Galina2018-10-222018-10-222014-04-13Luyssaert, Sebastiaan, Mathilde Jammet, Paul Stoy, Stephan Estel, Julia Pongratz, Eric Ceschia, Galina Churkina et al. "Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature." Nature Climate Change 4, no. 5 (2014): 389-393.1758-678Xhttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/14950Anthropogenic changes to land cover (LCC) remain common, but continuing land scarcity promotes the widespread intensification of land management changes (LMC) to better satisfy societal demand for food, fibre, fuel and shelter1. The biophysical effects of LCC on surface climate are largely understood2,3,4,5, particularly for the boreal6 and tropical zones7, but fewer studies have investigated the biophysical consequences of LMC; that is, anthropogenic modification without a change in land cover type. Harmonized analysis of ground measurements and remote sensing observations of both LCC and LMC revealed that, in the temperate zone, potential surface cooling from increased albedo is typically offset by warming from decreased sensible heat fluxes, with the net effect being a warming of the surface. Temperature changes from LMC and LCC were of the same magnitude, and averaged 2 K at the vegetation surface and were estimated at 1.7 K in the planetary boundary layer. Given the spatial extent of land management (42–58% of the land surface) this calls for increasing the efforts to integrate land management in Earth System Science to better take into account the human impact on the climate.enThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Article