Climate and pollution reconstruction based on urban tree-rings growth records

• Grant number: 15/25511-3
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): February 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Silveira Buckeridge
• Grantee: Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/21728-2 - The use of modern autopsy techniques to investigate human diseases (MODAU), AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/23521-7 - Spatial-temporal reconstruction of climate in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo using tree-ring stable isotopes, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Tree rings are one of the most reliable natural archives, which is able to produce reconstructions with annual resolution. It has being largely used for the reconstruction of climate and pollution data prior to instrumental records, in both temperate and tropical regions. The aim of the present study is to reconstruct the climate and the atmospheric pollution in five regions of São Paulo City: North, East, South, West and Center. To accomplish this, trees of Tipuana tipu will be sampled, which is a common species in São Paulo city. Two sampling methods will be used for this study: the destructive with the collection of fallen trees and the non-destructive with the use of motor drills. Afterwards, samples will be polished and tree rings will be identified. Later on, tree rings will be measured and dated, and the final chronology will be used to reconstruct the climate based on climate / growth models. The same tree rings will be used for atmospheric pollutants analyses with X Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). (AU)

Scientific publications

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LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; LOPES MOREIRA, TIANA CARLA; TODESCO, ENZO; ANDRADE, MARIA DE FATIMA; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN DIVA; DE ANDRE, PAULO AFONSO; SINGER, JULIO M.; FERREIRA, LUCIANA SCHWANDNER; NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, PAULO HILARIO; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. The role of air pollution and climate on the growth of urban trees. Science of The Total Environment, v. 666, p. 652-661, MAY 20 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; CHACON-MADRID, KATHERINE; ZEZZI ARRUDA, MARCO AURELIO; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; LOPES MOREIRA, TIANA CARLA; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN DIVA; DE ANDRE, PAULO AFONSO; SINGER, JULIO M.; NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, PAULO HILARIO; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Tree rings reveal the reduction of Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb pollution in the central region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Environmental Pollution, v. 242, n. A, p. 320-328, NOV 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

GODOY-VEIGA, MILENA; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO; PITSCH, PHILIPP; KROTTENTHALER, STEFAN; ANHUF, DIETER; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI. Shadows of the edge effects for tropical emergent trees: the impact of lianas on the growth of Aspidosperma polyneuron. TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, v. 32, n. 4, p. 1073-1082, AUG 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MOREIRA, TIANA C. L.; AMATO-LOURENCO, LUIS F.; DA SILVA, GISELA T.; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN D.; DE ANDRE, PAULO A.; BARROZO, LIGIA V.; SINGER, JULIO M.; SALDIVA, PAULO H. N.; SAIKI, MITIKO; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO M. The Use of Tree Barks to Monitor Traffic Related Air Pollution: A Case Study in Sao Paulo-Brazil. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 6, JUL 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Dendrobiochemistry, a missing link to further understand carbon allocation during growth and decline of trees. TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, v. 31, n. 6, p. 1745-1758, DEC 2017. Web of Science Citations: 6.