Deforestation and reforestation impacts on soils in the tropics

E Veldkamp, M Schmidt, JS Powers… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Soils under natural, tropical forests provide essential ecosystem services that have been
shaped by long-term soil–vegetation feedbacks. However, deforestation of tropical forest …

Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems

L Deng, C Peng, DG Kim, J Li, Y Liu, X Hai, Q Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …

Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

SC Cook-Patton, SM Leavitt, D Gibbs, NL Harris… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
To constrain global warming, we must strongly curtail greenhouse gas emissions and
capture excess atmospheric carbon dioxide,. Regrowing natural forests is a prominent …

The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions

DA Bossio, SC Cook-Patton, PW Ellis, J Fargione… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mitigating climate change requires clean energy and the removal of atmospheric carbon.
Building soil carbon is an appealing way to increase carbon sinks and reduce emissions …

A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene

D Beillouin, M Corbeels, J Demenois, D Berre… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic activities profoundly impact soil organic carbon (SOC), affecting its
contribution to ecosystem services such as climate regulation. Here, we conducted a …

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

J Busch, JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, B Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG
abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US pertCO2) …

Modelling and mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Brazil

LC Gomes, RM Faria, E de Souza, GV Veloso… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Brazil has extensive forests and savannas on deep weathered soils and plays a key role in
the discussions about carbon sequestration, but the distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) …

Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

RL Chazdon, EN Broadbent, DMA Rozendaal… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of
forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing …

Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action

C Soto-Navarro, C Ravilious… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Integrated high-resolution maps of carbon stocks and biodiversity that identify areas of
potential co-benefits for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation can help …

Land‐use conversion and changing soil carbon stocks in C hina's 'Grain‐for‐Green'Program: a synthesis

L Deng, G Liu, Z Shangguan - Global change biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of either forest or grassland on degraded cropland has been proposed as
an effective method for climate change mitigation because these land use types can …