Global vegetation biomass change (19882008) and attribution to environmental and human drivers

Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, Department of Hydrology and Geo-Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1181 HV, The Netherlands, CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia ABSTRACT