Greenhouse Gas Processes and Mitigation in Agricultural and Forest Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Agricultural and forest ecosystems are major sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (GHGs), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. These ecosystems play an essential role in regulating atmospheric composition and mitigating anthropogenic climate change. Land use change, management practices, and climate variability significantly affect GHG production, emission, transport, and deposition processes. However, the biogeochemical mechanisms, spatiotemporal patterns, controlling factors, and mitigation potential of GHG fluxes in these ecosystems remain incompletely understood at regional and global scales. Robust observations, process‑based experiments, and numerical models are urgently needed to quantify GHG dynamics and develop effective mitigation strategies.

This Special Issue focuses on GHG biogeochemical processes and mitigation strategies in agricultural and forest systems. It also focuses on the mechanisms of GHG emissions from freeze–thaw cycles in cold and seasonally frozen agricultural soils, which are crucial for understanding GHG fluxes under specific climatic conditions. We welcome high-quality original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and modeling studies. The scope covers GHG source–sink dynamics, measurement techniques, emission estimation, management impacts, soil–plant–atmosphere interactions, and low-carbon best management practices.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to promote scientific understanding of GHG processes and provide science-based solutions for GHG mitigation. It aims to support climate-smart management and sustainable development of agricultural and forest ecosystems under global change.

Dr. Wennong Kuang
Dr. Yanyan Li
Dr. Mingyuan Yin
Dr. Yufeng Wu
Guest Editors

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