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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

by Canadell, Josep G. , Sitch, Stephen , Fang, Jingyun , McGuire, A. David , Kauppi, Pekka E. , Hayes, Daniel , Pan, Yude , Kurz, Werner A. , Houghton, Richard , Jackson, Robert B. , Phillips, Oliver L. , Ciais, Philippe , Birdsey, Richard A. , Rautiainen, Aapo , Lewis, Simon L. , Pacala, Stephen W. , Piao, Shilong , Shvidenko, Anatoly

in Animal and plant ecology / Animal, plant and microbial ecology / Anthropogenic factors / Atmosphere / Biological and medical sciences / Biomass / Boreal forests / Carbon / Carbon - analysis / Carbon dioxide / Carbon Dioxide - analysis / Carbon Sequestration / Carbon sinks / Climate Change / Conservation of Natural Resources / Deciduous forests / Deforestation / Ecosystem / ecosystems / Emissions / Environmental Sciences / Equivalence / Estimates / Fluxes / forest inventory / Forest regeneration / Forest restoration / Forest soils / Forestry / Forests / fossil fuels / Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology / General forest ecology / Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology / Land use / land use change / Oceans / reforestation / Regrowth / Synecology / Terrestrial ecosystems / Trees / Tropical Climate / Tropical forests / Tropical regions / uncertainty

2011

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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

Canadell, Josep G.,

Sitch, Stephen,

Fang, Jingyun,

McGuire, A. David,

Kauppi, Pekka E.,

Hayes, Daniel,

Pan, Yude,

Kurz, Werner A.,

Houghton, Richard,

Jackson, Robert B.,

Phillips, Oliver L.,

Ciais, Philippe,

Birdsey, Richard A.,

Rautiainen, Aapo,

Lewis, Simon L.,

Pacala, Stephen W.,

Piao, Shilong,

Shvidenko, Anatoly

2011

Overview

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.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science,American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Animal and plant ecology

/ Animal, plant and microbial ecology

/ Anthropogenic factors

/ Atmosphere

/ Biological and medical sciences

/ Biomass

/ Boreal forests

/ Carbon

/ Carbon - analysis

/ Carbon dioxide

/ Carbon Dioxide - analysis