Land Use Carbon Emissions or Sink: Research Characteristics, Hotspots and Future Perspectives

L Liu, J Qu, F Gao, TN Maraseni, S Wang, S Aryal… - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
The land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, as a source and a sink of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is critical for achieving carbon neutrality. Many academic …

Synthesis of the land carbon fluxes of the Amazon region between 2010 and 2020

TM Rosan, S Sitch, M O'sullivan, LS Basso… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
The Amazon is the largest continuous tropical forest in the world and plays a key role in the
global carbon cycle. Human-induced disturbances and climate change have impacted the …

Cool cities: The value of urban trees

L Han, S Heblich, C Timmins, Y Zylberberg - 2024 - nber.org
This paper estimates the value of urban trees. The empirical strategy exploits an ecological
catastrophe—the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation in Toronto to isolate exogenous …

Climate change, forest fires, and territorial dynamics in the Amazon rainforest: an integrated analysis for mitigation strategies

N Celis, A Casallas, EA Lopez-Barrera… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent times have witnessed wildfires causing harm to both ecological communities and
urban–rural regions, underscoring the necessity to comprehend wildfire triggers and assess …

Media reform as transformation tool: A hegemonic gap in environmental research and policy

M Lahsen - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 2024 - Springer
Sustainability researchers are writing much about levers for transformations towards
sustainability but too little about the most powerful means available for obstructing and …

Nature‐based solutions are critical for putting Brazil on track towards net‐zero emissions by 2050

AC Soterroni, M Império, MC Scarabello… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the world's nations (around 130) have committed to reaching net‐zero carbon
dioxide or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, yet robust policies rarely underpin …

Climate risks to soy‐maize double‐cropping due to Amazon deforestation

AT Leite‐Filho, BS Soares‐Filho… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (BA) for cattle and soybean production has
significant consequences for the various aspects of the climate system. Land surface …

Landsat sub-pixel land cover dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon

CM Souza Jr, LA Oliveira, JS de Souza Filho… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Brazilian Amazon land cover changes rapidly due to anthropogenic and climate drivers.
Deforestation and forest disturbances associated with logging and fires, combined with …

Impacts on South America moisture transport under Amazon deforestation and 2° C global warming

MR Lemes, G Sampaio, L Garcia-Carreras… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in greenhouse gasses (GHG) anthropogenic emissions and deforestation over
the last decades have led to many chemical and physical changes in the climate system …

Modeling the social drivers of environmental sustainability among Amazonian indigenous lands using Bayesian networks

RS Walker, J Paige - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Amazonia is an invaluable global asset for all its ecological and cultural significance.
Indigenous peoples and their lands are pivotal in safeguarding this unique biodiversity and …