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Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests
Biophysical effects from deforestation have the potential to amplify carbon losses but are often neglected in carbon accounting systems. Here we use both Earth system model simulations and satellite–derived estimates of aboveground biomass to assess losses of vegetation carbon caused by the influenc...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35413947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29601-0 |
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author | Li, Yue Brando, Paulo M. Morton, Douglas C. Lawrence, David M. Yang, Hui Randerson, James T. |
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description | Biophysical effects from deforestation have the potential to amplify carbon losses but are often neglected in carbon accounting systems. Here we use both Earth system model simulations and satellite–derived estimates of aboveground biomass to assess losses of vegetation carbon caused by the influence of tropical deforestation on regional climate across different continents. In the Amazon, warming and drying arising from deforestation result in an additional 5.1 ± 3.7% loss of aboveground biomass. Biophysical effects also amplify carbon losses in the Congo (3.8 ± 2.5%) but do not lead to significant additional carbon losses in tropical Asia due to its high levels of annual mean precipitation. These findings indicate that tropical forests may be undervalued in carbon accounting systems that neglect climate feedbacks from surface biophysical changes and that the positive carbon–climate feedback from deforestation-driven climate change is higher than the feedback originating from fossil fuel emissions. |
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spelling | pubmed-90056512022-04-27 Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests Li, Yue Brando, Paulo M. Morton, Douglas C. Lawrence, David M. Yang, Hui Randerson, James T. Nat Commun Article Biophysical effects from deforestation have the potential to amplify carbon losses but are often neglected in carbon accounting systems. Here we use both Earth system model simulations and satellite–derived estimates of aboveground biomass to assess losses of vegetation carbon caused by the influence of tropical deforestation on regional climate across different continents. In the Amazon, warming and drying arising from deforestation result in an additional 5.1 ± 3.7% loss of aboveground biomass. Biophysical effects also amplify carbon losses in the Congo (3.8 ± 2.5%) but do not lead to significant additional carbon losses in tropical Asia due to its high levels of annual mean precipitation. These findings indicate that tropical forests may be undervalued in carbon accounting systems that neglect climate feedbacks from surface biophysical changes and that the positive carbon–climate feedback from deforestation-driven climate change is higher than the feedback originating from fossil fuel emissions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9005651/ /pubmed/35413947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29601-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Yue Brando, Paulo M. Morton, Douglas C. Lawrence, David M. Yang, Hui Randerson, James T. Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title | Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title_full | Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title_fullStr | Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title_full_unstemmed | Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title_short | Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
title_sort | deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35413947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29601-0 |
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