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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John D Sterman (0000-0001-7476-6760, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Lori Siegel (0000-0002-5734-8345), Juliette N Rooney‐Varga (0000-0001-7102-6919, University of Massachusetts Lowell) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 128003-128003 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-18 |
| 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/aaf354 |
| OpenAlex | W2904222388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
13 015007), which found that using wood to produce electricity can worsen climate change at least through 2100, even if wood displaces coal. The result arises because (1) wood generates more CO 2 /kWh than coal, creating an initial carbon debt; (2) regrowth of harvested land can remove CO 2 from the atmosphere, but takes time and is not certain; and (3) until the carbon debt is repaid, atmospheric CO 2 is higher, increasing radiative forcing and worsening climate change long after the initial carbon debt is repaid by new growth. We correct several errors in Prisley et al's critique, and show that our results are robust to the harvest and land management practices they prefer
Atmosphere (unit · Atmospheric sciences · Bioenergy · Biofuel · Carbon fibers · Charcoal · Climate change · Coal · Debt · Economics · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Meteorology · Natural resource economics · Radiative forcing · Waste management · Bioenergy crop production and management · Chemistry · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Geology
Climate Change 2013 – The Physical Science Basis
Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
Carbon dioxide and climate impulse response functions for the computation of greenhouse gas metrics
Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions
Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene
High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change
Maximum warming occurs about one decade after a carbon dioxide emission
Focus on cumulative emissions, global carbon budgets and the implications for climate mitigation targets
Climate, economic, and environmental impacts of producing wood for bioenergy
Does replacing coal with wood lower CO 2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy
Rate and velocity of climate change caused by cumulative carbon emissions
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |