Defending Earth's terrestrial microbiome

C Averill, MA Anthony, P Baldrian, F Finkbeiner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial life represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity. Across disparate disciplines from
medicine to forestry, scientists continue to discover how the microbiome drives essential …

Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change

N Seddon, A Smith, P Smith, I Key… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NbS)—solutions to societal challenges that involve
working with nature—have recently gained popularity as an integrated approach that can …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

L Mo, CM Zohner, PB Reich, J Liang, S De Miguel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and
climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system. Remote-sensing estimates to …

[HTML][HTML] Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

L Duncanson, JR Kellner, J Armston, R Dubayah… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is collecting spaceborne
full waveform lidar data with a primary science goal of producing accurate estimates of forest …

Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

A Di Sacco, KA Hardwick, D Blakesley… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

Dietary change in high-income nations alone can lead to substantial double climate dividend

Z Sun, L Scherer, A Tukker, SA Spawn-Lee… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
A dietary shift from animal-based foods to plant-based foods in high-income nations could
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from direct agricultural production and increase carbon …

The carbon sink of secondary and degraded humid tropical forests

VHA Heinrich, C Vancutsem, R Dalagnol, TM Rosan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The globally important carbon sink of intact, old-growth tropical humid forests is declining
because of climate change, deforestation and degradation from fire and logging …

[HTML][HTML] People plant trees for utility more often than for biodiversity or carbon

MP Martin, DJ Woodbury, DA Doroski, E Nagele… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tree planting is both a promising and controversial solution to climate change and
biodiversity loss. However, this controversy is largely theoretical because we lack detailed …

The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests

LF Banin, EH Raine, LM Rowland… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests to return ecological function,
protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we assess the contribution …

Tropical forests post-logging are a persistent net carbon source to the atmosphere

MB Mills, Y Malhi, RM Ewers, LK Kho… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Logged and structurally degraded tropical forests are fast becoming one of the most
prevalent land-use types throughout the tropics and are routinely assumed to be a net …