Recent reversal in loss of global terrestrial biomass
-
Altmetric Citations
Liu, Yi Y.; Van Dijk, Albert; de Jeu, Richard A.M.; Canadell, Josep G.; McCabe, Matthew F.; Evans, Jason; Wang, Guojie
Description
Vegetation change plays a critical role in the Earth's carbon (C) budget and its associated radiative forcing in response to anthropogenic and natural climate change. Existing global estimates of aboveground biomass carbon (ABC) based on field survey data provide brief snapshots that are mainly limited to forest ecosystems. Here we use an entirely new remote sensing approach to derive global ABC estimates for both forest and non-forest biomes during the past two decades from satellite passive...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Yi Y. | |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Van Dijk, Albert | |
dc.contributor.author | de Jeu, Richard A.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Canadell, Josep G. | |
dc.contributor.author | McCabe, Matthew F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans, Jason | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Guojie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T23:26:07Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-678X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/67629 | |
dc.description.abstract | Vegetation change plays a critical role in the Earth's carbon (C) budget and its associated radiative forcing in response to anthropogenic and natural climate change. Existing global estimates of aboveground biomass carbon (ABC) based on field survey data provide brief snapshots that are mainly limited to forest ecosystems. Here we use an entirely new remote sensing approach to derive global ABC estimates for both forest and non-forest biomes during the past two decades from satellite passive microwave observations. We estimate a global average ABC of 362 PgC over the period 1998-2002, of which 65% is in forests and 17% in savannahs. Over the period 1993-2012, an estimated '0.07 PgC yr '1 ABC was lost globally, mostly resulting from the loss of tropical forests ('0.26 PgC yr '1) and net gains in mixed forests over boreal and temperate regions (+0.13 PgC yr '1) and tropical savannahs and shrublands (+0.05 PgC yr '1). Interannual ABC patterns are greatly influenced by the strong response of water-limited ecosystems to rainfall variability, particularly savannahs. From 2003 onwards, forest in Russia and China expanded and tropical deforestation declined. Increased ABC associated with wetter conditions in the savannahs of northern Australia and southern Africa reversed global ABC loss, leading to an overall gain, consistent with trends in the global carbon sink reported in recent studies. | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.source | Nature Climate Change | |
dc.title | Recent reversal in loss of global terrestrial biomass | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 5 | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 050206 - Environmental Monitoring | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB1490 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Liu, Yi Y., University of New South Wales | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Van Dijk, Albert, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | de Jeu, Richard A.M., VU University Amsterdam | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Canadell, Josep G., Global Carbon Project, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McCabe, Matthew F., King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Evans, Jason, University of New South Wales | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wang, Guojie, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 5 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 470 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 474 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1038/nclimate2581 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 960305 - Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-10T10:57:35Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84928526438 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
Download
File | Description | Size | Format | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
01_Liu_Recent_reversal_in_loss_of_2015.pdf | 1.35 MB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy | |
02_Liu_Recent_reversal_in_loss_of_2015.pdf | 3.01 MB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy |
Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Updated: 17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator