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Arneth, A.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Historical carbon dioxide emissions caused by land-use changes are possibly larger than assumed
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2017-01-30
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC,2017
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:cb399a25-b9bb-44a0-a442-96481a78e892
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https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/cb399a25-b9bb-44a0-a442-96481a78e892URI
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https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2882DOI
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The terrestrial biosphere absorbs about 20% of fossil-fuel CO 2 emissions. The overall magnitude of this sink is constrained by the difference between emissions, the rate of increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, and the ocean sink. However, the land sink is actually composed of two largely counteracting fluxes that are poorly quantified: fluxes from land-use change and CO 2 uptake by terrestrial ecosystems. Dynamic global vegetation model simulations suggest that CO 2 emissions from land-use change have been substantially underestimated because processes such as tree harvesting and land clearing from shifting cultivation have not been considered. As the overall terrestrial sink is constrained, a larger net flux as a result of land-use change implies that terrestrial uptake of CO 2 is also larger, and that terrestrial ecosystems might have greater potential to sequester carbon in the future. Consequently, reforestation projects and efforts to avoid further deforestation could represent important mitigation pathways, with co-benefits for biodiversity. It is unclear whether a larger land carbon sink can be reconciled with our current understanding of terrestrial carbon cycling. Our possible underestimation of the historical residual terrestrial carbon sink adds further uncertainty to our capacity to predict the future of terrestrial carbon uptake and losses.
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Sitch, S.University of Exeter,Geography College of Life and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:lu)extLU-837
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Pongratz, J.Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
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Stocker, B. D.ETH Zürich,Imperial College London
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Ciais, P.Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
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Poulter, B.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Bayer, A. D.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Bondeau, A.Aix-Marseille University
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Calle, L.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Chini, L. P.University of Maryland
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Gasser, T.Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
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Fader, M.Federal Institute of Hydrology
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Friedlingstein, P.University of Exeter
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Kato, E.Institute of Applied Energy (IAE)
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Li, W.Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University(Swepub:lu)fkem-wel
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Lindeskog, M.Lund University,Lunds universitet,BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate,Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC),Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC),Faculty of Science,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science(Swepub:lu)mmb-mli
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Nabel, J. E.M.S.Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
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Pugh, T. A.M.University of Birmingham,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology(Swepub:lu)th5432pu
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Robertson, E.Met Office(Swepub:lu)el3386ro
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Viovy, N.Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
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Yue, C.Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
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Zaehle, S.Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
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Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Exeter
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