Carbon dynamics

Ecoregion-wide, multi-sensor biomass mapping highlights a major underestimation of dry forests carbon stocks

Tropical dry forests harbor major carbon stocks but are disappearing rapidly across the globe as agriculture expands into them. …

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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco
  1. Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social–ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and …
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Large greenhouse gas savings due to changes in the post-Soviet food systems
As the global food system contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, understanding the sources of GHG …
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Trade-offs between carbon stocks and biodiversity in European temperate forests
Policies to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss often assume that protecting carbon-rich forests provides co-benefits in …
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A large-area, spatially continuous assessment of land cover map error and its impact on downstream analyses
Land cover maps increasingly underlie research into socioeconomic and environmental patterns and processes, including global change. It …
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Carbon emissions from agricultural expansion and intensification in the Chaco

Carbon emissions from land-use changes in tropical dry forest systems are poorly understood, although they are likely globally …

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Differences in production, carbon stocks and biodiversity outcomes of land tenure regimes in the Argentine Dry Chaco
Rising global demand for agricultural products results in agricultural expansion and intensification, with substantial environmental …
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Current European policies are unlikely to jointly foster carbon sequestration and protect biodiversity
The extension of forest area is a globally accepted tool to offset CO2 emissions from deforestation and the combustion of fossil fuels. …
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Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Further cropland expansion might be unavoidable to satisfy the growing demand for land-based products and ecosystem services. A crucial …
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Reconciling agriculture, carbon and biodiversity in a savannah transformation frontier
Rapidly rising populations and likely increases in incomes in sub-Saharan Africa make tens of millions of hectares of cropland …
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