Publication Date:
2022-05-25
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© The Author(s), 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Science Advances 4 (2018): eaat1869, doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat1869.
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Limiting climate warming to 〈2°C requires increased mitigation efforts, including land stewardship, whose potential in the United States is poorly understood. We quantified the potential of natural climate solutions (NCS)—21 conservation, restoration, and improved land management interventions on natural and agricultural lands—to increase carbon storage and avoid greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. We found a maximum potential of 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) Pg CO2e year−1, the equivalent of 21% of current net annual emissions of the United States. At current carbon market prices (USD 10 per Mg CO2e), 299 Tg CO2e year−1 could be achieved. NCS would also provide air and water filtration, flood control, soil health, wildlife habitat, and climate resilience benefits.
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This study was made possible by funding from the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation. C.A.W. and H.G. acknowledge financial support from NASA’s Carbon Monitoring
System program (NNH14ZDA001N-CMS) under award NNX14AR39G. S.D.B. acknowledges
support from the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research Program under the
award DE-SC0014416. J.W.F. acknowledges financial support from the Florida Coastal
Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under National Science Foundation grant
no. DEB-1237517.
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
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Article
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