Cement and Alternatives in the Anthropocene

SA Miller, M Juenger, KE Kurtis… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Globally, the production of concrete is responsible for 5% to 8% of anthropogenic CO2
emissions. Cement, a primary ingredient in concrete, forms a glue that holds concrete …

[PDF][PDF] The burning question: Does forest bioenergy reduce carbon emissions? A review of common misconceptions about forest carbon accounting

MT Ter-Mikaelian, SJ Colombo, J Chen - Journal of Forestry, 2015 - biomassmurder.org
Critical errors exist in some methodologies applied to evaluate the effects of using forest
biomass for bioenergy on atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions. The most common error …

Forest carbon sinks in the Northern Hemisphere

CL Goodale, MJ Apps, RA Birdsey… - Ecological …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
There is general agreement that terrestrial systems in the Northern Hemisphere provide a
significant sink for atmospheric CO2; however, estimates of the magnitude and distribution of …

Carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation caused by logging

TRH Pearson, S Brown… - Environmental Research …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The focus of land-use related efforts in develo** countries to reduce carbon emissions has
been on slowing deforestation, yet international agreements are to reduce emissions from …

Canadian boreal forests and climate change mitigation

TC Lemprière, WA Kurz, EH Hogg… - Environmental …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
Quantitative assessment of Canada's boreal forest mitigation potential is not yet possible,
though the range of mitigation activities is known, requirements for sound analyses of …

[PDF][PDF] Sequestration of carbon in harvested wood products for the United States

KE Skog - 2008 - fpl.fs.usda.gov
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides guidelines for
countries to report greenhouse gas removals by sinks and emissions from sources. These …

Patterns and mechanisms of the forest carbon cycle

ST Gower - Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2003 - annualreviews.org
Forests are an important source for fiber and fuel for humans and contain the majority of the
total terrestrial carbon (C). The amount of C stored in the vegetation and soil are strongly …

Fuel treatment effects on tree‐based forest carbon storage and emissions under modeled wildfire scenarios

M Hurteau, M North - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Forests are viewed as a potential sink for carbon (C) that might otherwise contribute to
climate change. It is unclear, however, how to manage forests with frequent fire regimes to …

The contributions of land‐use change, CO2 fertilization, and climate variability to the Eastern US carbon sink

M Albani, D Medvigy, GC Hurtt… - Global Change …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric measurements and land‐based inventories imply that terrestrial ecosystems in
the northern hemisphere are taking up significant amounts of anthropogenic cabon dioxide …

Recent rates of forest harvest and conversion in North America

JG Masek, WB Cohen, D Leckie… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating ecological disturbance into biogeochemical models is critical for estimating
current and future carbon stocks and fluxes. In particular, anthropogenic disturbances, such …