Publication: A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests
A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests
| dc.contributor.author | Pan, Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Birdsey, R.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fang, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Houghton, R.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kauppi, P.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kurz, W.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Phillips, O.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shvidenko, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lewis, S.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Canadell, J.G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ciais, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jackson, R.B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pacala, S.W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | McGuire, A.D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piao, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rautiainen, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sitch, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hayes, D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:58:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:58:01Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1014 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.rights | Paywalled content | |
| dc.title | A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location remain uncertain. Using forest inventory data and long-term ecosystem carbon studies, we estimate a total forest sink of 2.4 ± 0.4 petagrams of carbon per year (Pg C year–1) globally for 1990 to 2007. We also estimate a source of 1.3 ± 0.7 Pg C year–1 from tropical land-use change, consisting of a gross tropical deforestation emission of 2.9 ± 0.5 Pg C year–1 partially compensated by a carbon sink in tropical forest regrowth of 1.6 ± 0.5 Pg C year–1. Together, the fluxes comprise a net global forest sink of 1.1 ± 0.8 Pg C year–1, with tropical estimates having the largest uncertainties. Our total forest sink estimate is equivalent in magnitude to the terrestrial sink deduced from fossil fuel emissions and land-use change sources minus ocean and atmospheric sinks. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2011 | |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
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| is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201609 | |
| is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international817 |