Past and future effects of climate change on the carbon-water balance of plants

在未来的世纪，气候变化将深刻影响澳大利亚植被通过大气中二氧化碳（CO2）浓度升高对植物的直接影响和间接影响的CO2强迫的降雨量和温度的变化，农业生产和水资源的重大影响。该项目将通过提供测量和预测植被-气候反馈的新工具来应对这些威胁。它将确定大气CO2浓度升高和干旱对自然和农业景观生产力的综合影响，并为迅速到来的温室世界开发下一代高产、耐旱作物品种提供生物物理框架。

Over the coming century, climate change will profoundly impact Australian vegetation via the direct effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on plants and the indirect effects of CO2-forced changes in rainfall and temperature, with major implications for agricultural production and water resources. This project will address these threats by providing new tools for measuring and predicting vegetation-climate feedbacks. It will determine the combined effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and drought on the productivity of natural and agricultural landscapes, and provide the biophysical framework for developing the next generation of high-yielding, drought tolerant crop varieties for the rapidly approaching greenhouse world.