River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

TJ Battin, R Lauerwald, ES Bernhardt, E Bertuzzo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

The land-to-ocean loops of the global carbon cycle

P Regnier, L Resplandy, RG Najjar, P Ciais - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon storage by the ocean and by the land is usually quantified separately, and does not
fully take into account the land-to-ocean transport of carbon through inland waters …

Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

Y Yang, Y Shi, W Sun, J Chang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Enhancing the terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (referred to as terrestrial C sink) is an
important way to slow down the continuous increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) …

Estimation of China's terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink: Methods, progress and prospects

S Piao, Y He, X Wang, F Chen - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
China announced its national goal to reach the peak of carbon emission by 2030 and
achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, during the General Assembly of the United Nations in …

Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade

H Yang, P Ciais, F Frappart, X Li, M Brandt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in terrestrial carbon storage under environmental and land-use changes
remain a critical source of uncertainty in regional and global carbon budgets. We generated …

Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century

L Xu, SS Saatchi, Y Yang, Y Yu, J Pongratz… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Live woody vegetation is the largest reservoir of biomass carbon, with its restoration
considered one of the most effective natural climate solutions. However, terrestrial carbon …

The importance of hydrology in routing terrestrial carbon to the atmosphere via global streams and rivers

S Liu, C Kuhn, G Amatulli, K Aho… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The magnitude of stream and river carbon dioxide (CO2) emission is affected by seasonal
changes in watershed biogeochemistry and hydrology. Global estimates of this flux are …

Reply to: The size of the land carbon sink in China

J Wang, L Feng, PI Palmer, Y Liu, S Fang, H Bösch… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
A substantial part of China's anthropogenic emissions has been offset by its land carbon
sink, which represents an important element in achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 1. Using …

Emissions Trends and Drivers (Chapter 2)

S Dhakal, JC Minx, F Toth, A Abdel-Aziz… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last decade (2010–
2019) were higher than at any previous time in human history (high confidence). Since …

Evaluating global and regional land warming trends in the past decades with both MODIS and ERA5-Land land surface temperature data

YR Wang, DO Hessen, BH Samset, F Stordal - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global surface temperature has been setting new record highs in the recent decades,
imposing increasing environmental challenges for societies and ecosystems worldwide …