Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests

WRL Anderegg, AT Trugman, G Badgley… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Forests have considerable potential to help mitigate human-caused climate
change and provide society with a broad range of cobenefits. Local, national, and …

The role of land use and land cover change in climate change vulnerability assessments of biodiversity: a systematic review

MJ Santos, AB Smith, SC Dekker, MB Eppinga… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context For many organisms, responses to climate change (CC) will be affected by land-use
and land-cover changes (LULCC). However, the extent to which LULCC is concurrently …

[HTML][HTML] California's forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized

G Badgley, F Chay, OS Chegwidden… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
California operates a large forest carbon offsets program that credits carbon stored in forests
across the continental United States and parts of coastal Alaska. These credits can be sold …

Natural climate solutions provide robust carbon mitigation capacity under future climate change scenarios

DC Marvin, BM Sleeter, DR Cameron, E Nelson… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions (NCS) are recognized as an important tool for governments to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove atmospheric carbon dioxide. Using …

Ecosystem carbon storage considering combined environmental and land-use changes in the future and pathways to carbon neutrality in developed regions

J Liu, Q Yan, M Zhang - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessing the carbon storage capacity of terrestrial ecosystems is crucial for land
management and carbon reduction policymaking. There is still a knowledge gap regarding …

Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California

B Cabiyo, JS Fried, BM Collins… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Responsible stewardship of temperate forests can address key challenges posed by climate
change through sequestering carbon, producing low-carbon products, and mitigating …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and simulation prediction of carbon storage: A case study in Sanjiangyuan Area, China

X Wu, C Shen, L Shi, Y Wan, J Ding, Q Wen - Ecological Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between land-use patterns and regional carbon storage, as
well as predicting future land-use changes for regional carbon sink and emission …

Practical guide to measuring wetland carbon pools and fluxes

S Bansal, IF Creed, BA Tangen, SD Bridgham… - Wetlands, 2023 - Springer
Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global
carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes …

The magnitude and pace of photosynthetic recovery after wildfire in California ecosystems

KS Hemes, CA Norlen, JA Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Wildfire modifies the short-and long-term exchange of carbon between terrestrial
ecosystems and the atmosphere, with impacts on ecosystem services such as carbon …

Shaping land use change and ecosystem restoration in a water-stressed agricultural landscape to achieve multiple benefits

BP Bryant, TR Kelsey, AL Vogl, SA Wolny… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Irrigated agriculture has grown rapidly over the last 50 years, helping food production keep
pace with population growth, but also leading to significant habitat and biodiversity loss …