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Biblioteca Limited potential for terrestrial carbon sequestration to offset fossil‐fuel emissions in the upper midwestern US

Limited potential for terrestrial carbon sequestration to offset fossil‐fuel emissions in the upper midwestern US

Limited potential for terrestrial carbon sequestration to offset fossil‐fuel emissions in the upper midwestern US

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Date of publication
Dezembro 2010
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201600194574
Pages
409-413

Many carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission‐reduction strategies currently under consideration rely on terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration to offset substantial proportions of CO₂ emissions. We estimated C sequestration rates and potential land areas for a diverse array of land‐cover changes in the Upper Midwest of the US, a “best case” region for this study because of its relatively modest CO₂ emissions and the large areas of cropland potentially available for conversion. We then developed scenarios that apply some of the most widespread mitigation strategies to the region: the first, which aimed to offset 29% of regional CO₂ emissions, required the unrealistic loss of two‐thirds of working cropland; the second, which estimated the emission offset attainable by conversion of 10% of harvested croplands (5.8% of the US total), resulted in

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Fissore, Cinzia
Javier Espeleta
Edward A Nater
Sarah E Hobbie
Peter B Reich

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