Impacts of Climate Change on Biofuels Production
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States)
The overall goal of this research project was to improve and use our biogeochemistry model, TEM, to simulate the effects of climate change and other environmental changes on the production of biofuel feedstocks. We used the improved version of TEM that is coupled with the economic model, EPPA, a part of MIT’s Earth System Model, to explore how alternative uses of land, including land for biofuels production, can help society meet proposed climate targets. During the course of this project, we have made refinements to TEM that include development of a more mechanistic plant module, with improved ecohydrology and consideration of plant-water relations, and a more detailed treatment of soil nitrogen dynamics, especially processes that add or remove nitrogen from ecosystems. We have documented our changes to TEM and used the model to explore the effects on production in land ecosystems, including changes in biofuels production.
- Research Organization:
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-08ER64648
- OSTI ID:
- 1129845
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-MBL-64648
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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