Measuring and Attributing Sedimentary and Geomorphic Responses to Modern Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities

被引：18

作者：

East, Amy E. ^{[1
]}

Warrick, Jonathan A. ^{[1
]}

Li, Dongfeng ^{[2
]}

Sankey, Joel B. ^{[3
]}

Redsteer, Margaret H. ^{[4
]}

Gibbs, Ann E. ^{[1
]}

Coe, Jeffrey A. ^{[5
]}

Barnard, Patrick L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] US Geol Survey, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA

[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore, Singapore

[3] US Geol Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA

[4] Univ Washington, Bothell, WA USA

[5] US Geol Survey, Golden, CO USA

来源：

EARTHS FUTURE | 2022年 / 10卷 / 10期

关键词：

climate change; geomorphology; sedimentology; landscape change; NATIONAL-PARK; IMPACT; LANDSLIDES; PRESERVE; DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE; SYSTEMS; SURFACE; RECORD; RATES;

D O I：

10.1029/2022EF002983

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Today, climate change is affecting virtually all terrestrial and nearshore settings. This commentary discusses the challenges of measuring climate-driven physical landscape responses to modern global warming: short and incomplete data records, land use and seismicity masking climatic effects, biases in data availability and resolution, and signal attenuation in sedimentary systems. We identify opportunities to learn from historical and paleo data, select especially sensitive study sites, and report null results to better characterize the extent and nuances of climate-change effects. We then discuss efforts to improve attribution practices, which will lead to better predictive capabilities. We encourage the Earth-science community to prioritize scientific research on climate-driven physical landscape changes so that societies will be better prepared to manage the effects on health and safety, infrastructure, water-food-energy security, economics, and ecosystems that follow from climate-driven physical landscape change.

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