China's current forest age structure will lead to weakened carbon sinks in the near future

R Shang, JM Chen, M Xu, X Lin, P Li, G Yu, N He, L Xu… - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Forests are chiefly responsible for the terrestrial carbon sink that greatly reduces the buildup
of CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere and alleviates climate change. Current predictions …

The European forest carbon budget under future climate conditions and current management practices

R Pilli, R Alkama, A Cescatti, WA Kurz… - Biogeosciences …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
To become carbon neutral by 2050, the European Union (EU27) net carbon sink from forests
should increase from the current level of about− 360 Mt CO 2e yr− 1 to− 450 Mt CO 2e yr− 1 …

Quantifying the effect of forest age in annual net forest carbon balance

S Besnard, N Carvalhais, MA Arain… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Forests dominate carbon (C) exchanges between the terrestrial biosphere and the
atmosphere on land. In the long term, the net carbon flux between forests and the …

A new estimation of China's net ecosystem productivity based on eddy covariance measurements and a model tree ensemble approach

Y Yao, Z Li, T Wang, A Chen, X Wang, M Du… - Agricultural and forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
Accurate assessment of the strength of China's terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink is key to
understanding its regional carbon budget. However, large uncertainties in current carbon …

Projecting future impacts of cropland reclamation policies on carbon storage

L Tang, X Ke, Q Zhou, L Wang, E Koomen - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Cropland reclamation policies result in carbon storage loss by the conversion of natural
land. However, the future impacts of cropland reclamation policies (CRP) on carbon storage …

Improving litterfall production prediction in China under variable environmental conditions using machine learning algorithms

A Geng, Q Tu, J Chen, W Wang, H Yang - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Litterfall production is a major process within forest ecosystems that plays a crucial role in
the global carbon cycle. Accordingly, studies have explored the abiotic and biotic features …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing climatic impacts on the temporal and spatial variation in vegetation activity across China: Sensitivity and contribution

KW Jiao, JB Gao, ZH Liu, SH Wu, TL Fletcher - Advances in Climate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Relative weakness in sensitivity and contribution integration, especially lack of specific
indicators at spatial and temporal scales, may hinder the formation of systematic knowledge …

Mapping the spatial distribution of stand age and aboveground biomass from Landsat time series analyses of forest cover loss in tropical dry forests

SP George‐Chacón, JF Mas, JM Dupuy… - Remote Sensing in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial information on the timing of forest cover loss is important to identify and map stand
age, which is a key factor driving the recovery of carbon pools and can also be used to …

Satellite-based monitoring of China's above-ground biomass carbon sink from 2015 to 2021

H Fang, L Fan, P Ciais, J Xiao, R Fensholt… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
China's terrestrial ecosystems are pivotal in upholding the global carbon balance, with their
recognized capacity for carbon sequestration holding significant importance on a global …

Spatiotemporal simulation of net ecosystem productivity and its response to climate change in subtropical forests

J Zheng, F Mao, H Du, X Li, G Zhou, L Dong, M Zhang… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Subtropical forests have great potential as carbon sinks; however, the relationship between
net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and climate change is still unclear. This study took …