Ecological restoration and rising CO 2 enhance the carbon sink, counteracting climate change in northeastern China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Binbin Huang (0000-0003-3978-4028, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Fei Lu (0000-0002-8995-4550, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Xiaoke Wang (0000-0002-2421-3970, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xing Wu (0000-0003-2485-9007, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Lu Zhang (0000-0002-8855-8492, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Zhiyun Ouyang (0000-0003-0927-0499, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 014002-014002 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3871 |
| OpenAlex | W3212546445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 89 |
The impact of climate change, rising CO 2 , land-use/land-cover change and land management on the carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems has been widely reported. However, only rarely have studies have been conducted to clarify the impact of climate change and rising CO 2 on the carbon sink contributed by ecological restoration projects (ERPs). To better understand the impact of climate change and rising CO 2 on ERPs, we took the Beijing–Tianjin Sand Source Control Project zone as an example to set up different scenarios to distinguish the confounding effects of these factors on the regional carbon budget based on a remote sensing data-driven model. Compared with business as usual, our results show that climate change caused a carbon loss of 78.97 Tg C. On the contrary, ERPs contributed a carbon sink of approximately 199.88 Tg C in forest and grassland. Furthermore, rising CO 2 also contributed an additional carbon sink of 107.80 Tg C. This study distinguished the individual effects of different factors, and clarified the net carbon sink contributed by ERPs and rising CO 2 and their significance for enhancing the regional carbon sink and reversing the adverse effects of climate change on the carbon sink. Furthermore, ERPs can sequester carbon more effectively and faster compared with rising atmospheric CO 2 concentration
Carbon cycle · Carbon sink · Climate change · Ecosystem · Geography · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Sink (geography · Cryospheric studies and observations · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |