Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

Y Yang, Y Shi, W Sun, J Chang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Enhancing the terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (referred to as terrestrial C sink) is an
important way to slow down the continuous increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) …

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

Global change and terrestrial plant community dynamics

J Franklin, JM Serra-Diaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Anthropogenic drivers of global change include rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gasses and resulting changes in the climate, as well as …

National CO2 budgets (2015–2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the Global Stocktake

B Byrne, DF Baker, S Basu, M Bertolacci… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate accounting of emissions and removals of CO 2 is critical for the planning and
verification of emission reduction targets in support of the Paris Agreement. Here, we …

Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change

GP Asner, AJ Elmore, LP Olander… - Annu. Rev. Environ …, 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Managed grazing covers more than 25% of the global land surface and has a
larger geographic extent than any other form of land use. Grazing systems persist under …

Measuring carbon in forests: current status and future challenges

S Brown - Environmental pollution, 2002 - Elsevier
To accurately and precisely measure the carbon in forests is gaining global attention as
countries seek to comply with agreements under the UN Framework Convention on Climate …

Balancing the global carbon budget

RA Houghton - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The global carbon budget is, of course, balanced. The conservation of carbon and the first
law of thermodynamics are intact.“Balancing the carbon budget” refers to the state of the …

The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation

D Foster, F Swanson, J Aber, I Burke, N Brokaw… - …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Recognition of the importance of land-use history and its legacies in most ecological
systems has been a major factor driving the recent focus on human activity as a legitimate …

Revised estimates of the annual net flux of carbon to the atmosphere from changes in land use and land management 1850–2000

RA Houghton - Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Recent analyses of land-use change in the US and China, together with the latest estimates
of tropical deforestation and afforestation from the FAO, were used to calculate a portion of …

Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the US

R Quinn Thomas, CD Canham, KC Weathers… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Human activities have greatly accelerated emissions of both carbon dioxide and biologically
reactive nitrogen to the atmosphere,. As nitrogen availability often limits forest productivity, it …