Climate change and its impact on biodiversity and human welfare

KR Shivanna - Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change refers to the long-term changes in temperature and weather due to human
activities. Increase in average global temperature and extreme and unpredictable weather …

Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

N Seddon - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-
based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

Forestation at the right time with the right species can generate persistent carbon benefits in China

H Xu, C Yue, Y Zhang, D Liu, S Piao - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - pnas.org
Previous evaluations on the biophysical potential of forest carbon sink have focused on
forestation area distribution and the associated carbon stock for equilibrium-state forests …

Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions

Y Feng, B Schmid, M Loreau, DI Forrester, S Fei, J Zhu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multispecies tree planting has long been applied in forestry and landscape restoration in the
hope of providing better timber production and ecosystem services; however, a systematic …

Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

Tree species diversity increases soil microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest

P Duan, R Fu, AT Nottingham… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant communities strongly influence soil microbial communities and, in turn, soil carbon (C)
cycling. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is an important parameter for predicting soil C …

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

J Busch, JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, B Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG
abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US pertCO2) …

Unveiling China's natural and planted forest spatial–temporal dynamics from 1990 to 2020

K Cheng, H Yang, H Guan, Y Ren, Y Chen… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the spatial–temporal dynamics of both natural and planted forests is critical
for sustainable forest management and assessing ecological benefits or impacts. In 2020 …

Asymmetry of carbon sequestrations by plant and soil after forestation regulated by soil nitrogen

S Hong, J Ding, F Kan, H Xu, S Chen, Y Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Forestation is regarded as an effective strategy for increasing terrestrial carbon
sequestration. However, its carbon sink potential remains uncertain due to the scarcity of …