The scientific assessment of mariculture carbon sinks is crucial to recognize its potential as a significant component of marine blue carbon in global climate change mitigation. Therefore, the objective of the research was to estimate the seaweed and...
Comprehensive accounting of carbon emissions and carbon sinks in the agricultural sector is crucial for China to achieve its carbon neutrality goal as early as possible. This paper develops a comprehensive and scientific accounting system to recalcul...
To explore the role of forest carbon sinks in achieving carbon neutrality, the cointegration regression method and scenario analysis are utilized to forecast the long-term development trend of China’s forest carbon sinks up to the year 2100 and...
Forest carbon sinks in Russia are an integral part of the national “Low-carbon development strategy”. However, the influence of natural disasters and various land use policies in economic regions (ERs) raises the issue of forest carbon si...
21 July 2022
Shellfish and algae mariculture make up an important part of the marine fishery carbon sink. Carbon sink research is necessary to ensure China achieves its goal of carbon neutrality. This study used the material quality assessment method to estimate...
The hydrochemical analysis method was used to reveal the sources and spatiotemporal variations of carbon and nitrogen elements in the Pingzhai Reservoir, and the C–N coupling cycle and its influence on the karst carbon sink are discussed. The r...
In the context of urban carbon neutrality, buildings are shifting from carbon emission sources to potential urban carbon-sink units. Yet existing studies mostly examine single materials or isolated technologies, and a systematic integration of buildi...
Carbon sinks are an important way to achieve carbon neutrality. In this study, carbon emissions in each year from 2019 to 2060 were predicted by constructing the LEAP (Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System)-China model. The ecosystem carbon...
Sustainable forest management plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaption, as well as the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognizing the significance of sustainable forest management, China has implem...
The study of the input–output efficiency and influencing factors of forest carbon sinks is beneficial for the realization of the rational allocation of forest carbon sink resources. Based on the DEA-SBM model, the efficiency of forest carbon si...
Exploring the economic value of carbon sinks in agricultural systems can improve the development of sustainable agriculture. However, there are few studies on the economic value of farmland carbon sinks from a systemic perspective. This study takes Z...
The capacity of carbon sinks varies among the different types of ecosystems, and whether national parks, as an important type of nature reserve, have a high carbon sink capacity (CSC) and whether eco-tourism in national parks affects their CSC are th...
In addition to creating economic value, crops also serve important ecological functions. Especially their carbon sink function, which plays a key role in mitigating climate change. In this study, the LMDI and the Tapio model were innovatively combine...
China plays an important role in the global terrestrial carbon cycle. While China is included in global assessments of the carbon cycle, such as the global carbon budget, the performance of dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) over China has rare...
With the increasing severity of global climate change and the growing international attention being paid to carbon emission reduction, forestry carbon sinks have emerged as a key strategy for mitigating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality...
Forests are an important part of natural resources and play an important role in carbon sinks. We measured carbon sinks in provincial forest parks using data from four forest inventory surveys in China and the forest stock expansion method. Carbon em...
Carbon neutrality attracts worldwide attention due to its significance and urgency. Anthropogenic emission reduction and terrestrial ecosystem carbon sinks are the two main paths to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. However, in current studies,...
As the central part of terrestrial ecosystems, forests have an irreplaceable role in regulating climate, prompting various efforts to protect them. Logging regulation is the most commonly used forest conservation strategy. Although the logging permit...
Under carbon emission reduction constraints, accurately assessing the spatial–temporal patterns and drivers of mariculture carbon emissions and sinks is critical for promoting marine economic development and achieving carbon neutrality. This st...
Urbanization has led to a reduction in green space, weakening the region’s carbon sink capacity and stability and bringing a series of ecological problems, making the restoration and improvement of the ecological environment crucial. This study...
In recent years, extreme climate events such as high temperatures and droughts have become increasingly frequent and intense, posing significant threats to the carbon sink stability of C3, C4, and CAM plants. As a result, identifying photosynthetic s...
The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems is intertwined with climate and changes in land use. Over the past 30 years, the Loess Plateau (LP) has experienced temperature increases and an expansion of forest and grassland. The net ecosystem product...
17 February 2023
Drylands, which account for 41% of Earth’s land surface and are home to more than two billion people, play an important role in the global carbon balance. This study analyzes the spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation carbon sinks and sources i...
This study, grounded in the Ecological Environmental Systems Theory, commenced by extracting structured proxy variables from satellite remote sensing imagery spanning 2013 to 2022. Subsequently, a research data set was constructed by integrating annu...
Natural mixed forests’ carbon sequestration capacity is crucial for mitigating climate change and maintaining ecological balance. However, most of the current studies only consider the role of forest age, ignoring the influence of carbon growth...
Farmland ecosystems, as the most active carbon pool, are integral to global climate change and carbon cycling. Therefore, systematically studying the roles of carbon sources and sinks in farmland ecosystems is essential to deepening our understanding...
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing the size of carbon sinks are closely related to food security in agricultural systems. This study conducted an in-depth data analysis of previous studies to explore the dynamic causal relationshi...
Lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau serve as crucial carbon sinks in the regional carbon cycles. In recent decades, climate change has triggered significant hydrological changes in many lakes across this region, potentially impacting their carbon-s...
This study describes the first general optimization model for complex systems with uncertain parameters and decision variables represented as intervals in CDM forestry projects. We work through a specific example of the optimization method developed...
Cities are major contributors to global carbon emissions; however, urban parks offer substantial potential for carbon sinks. Research on factors influencing carbon capture in urban park vegetation is still limited. This study investigates 81 urban pa...
A quantitative study on the spatial structure and spatiotemporal variation characteristics of net carbon sinks in regional farmland ecosystems is of significant importance for uncovering the multifunctional roles of farmland ecosystems and formulatin...
2 November 2022
This paper examines the impact of cross-sectoral climate policy on forest carbon sinks. Due to the complexity of the climate change issue and the professional division of labor among government departments, cross-sectoral cooperation in formulating c...
Forest carbon sinks are crucial in mitigating climate change as integral components of the global carbon cycle. Accurately estimating forest carbon sinks using traditional remote sensing indices, such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI),...
Forest carbon sinks (FCS)—referring specifically to ecosystem-based carbon sequestration provided by forest ecosystems—are being increasingly recognized as a strategic form of natural capital under China’s “dual carbon”...
Forest land plays a vital role as a terrestrial carbon sink. Urbanization, particularly the conversion of forest land into agricultural and construction areas, has significantly affected the carbon sink capacity of forests. The protection of carbon s...
Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, and food security have put forward higher requirements for sustainable agricultural development. Agricultural ecological efficiency (AEE) is an important indicator to evaluate the sustainable development of a...
As a national ecological civilization pilot, Zhejiang’s growing vegetation carbon sink capacity is important for both regional ecological security and China’s carbon neutrality goals, but current studies lack a comprehensive assessment of...
Zhejiang Province, charged with the task of opening “an important window”, should take the lead in the implementation of the national “carbon peak, carbon neutral” strategy. The intention of this study is to start from the int...
Carbon sequestration by vegetation and soil conservation are vital components in balancing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing terrestrial ecosystem carbon sinks. They also represent an efficient pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality objecti...
The development and implementation of regional protection plans for ecosystem carbon storage services have been recognized as crucial actions for mitigating global climate change. However, the supply areas of carbon sequestration in terms of ecosyste...
With accelerating climate change and urbanization, regional carbon balance faces increasing uncertainty. Terrestrial carbon sinks play a crucial role in advancing China’s sustainable development under the dual-carbon strategy. This study quanti...
The effects of replacing over-mature forest with secondary forests and plantations are significant for terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) dynamics. However, the carbon balance and recovery time of this replacement process remain unclear. This study mea...
Research on forest carbon sinks is crucial for mitigating global climate change and achieving carbon peaking and neutrality. However, studies at the county level remain relatively limited. This study utilized multi-source remote sensing data and the...
The relationship between the source and sink of atmospheric CO2 has always been a widely discussed issue in global climate change research. Recent studies revealed that the chemical weathering of carbonate rocks contributed to 1/3 (~0.5 Pg C/yr) of t...
Carbon sink enhancement is of great significance to achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality. This study firstly estimated the carbon sink in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region using the carbon absorption coefficient method. Then, this s...
Carbon emissions pose a significant challenge to sustainable development, particularly for China, which is the world’s largest emerging economy and is under pressure to achieve carbon neutrality and reduce emissions amid escalating human activi...
High spatiotemporal variance in land spatial development intensity occurs during rapid socioeconomic development. However, this remains poorly understood in large-scale coastal areas owing to limitations in quantification accuracy and spatial resolut...
The efficiency and productivity improvement are the core requirements of high-quality development, while improving the efficiency of forest carbon sinks is an important means and fundamental way to achieve their high-quality development. Based on the...
Global warming and climate change are becoming the most popular topics among scientists. In this century, the research focusing on the process and mechanism of the carbon cycle, especially the research of reducing the concentration of atmospheric CO2...
Forests, with their ecosystem services capabilities, play a critical role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, positioning forest carbon sinks as important components of China’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. However, due to...
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