The Impacts of Aerosol Biogeochemistry and Land Use on Reaching Low Climate Targets

Systems Conversation with Natalie Mahowald, Faculty Director for the Environment, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University

Much more action on sustainable energy conversion is required. Reductions in aerosol emissions to improve air quality, as well as ongoing conversion of land to agriculture, will make low temperature targets more difficult to achieve because of their impacts on climate and biogeochemistry.

A conversation with Professor Mahowald, currently Faculty Director for the Environment at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, as well as a faculty member in the Earth and Atmospheric Science Department. She works on the intersection of climate, aerosols and biogeochemistry, and has been a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment reports.