Reforestation in a high-CO2 world—Higher mitigation potential than expected, lower adaptation potential than hoped for

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6546-6553

  Sonntag, Sebastian ^a   Pongratz, Julia ^a   Reick, Christian H ^a   Schmidt, Hauke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

afforestation; carbon sequestration; climate engineering; land use; RCPs; reforestation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GLOBAL ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; RCPS; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFORESTATION;

EID: 84983300205     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068824     Document Type: Article

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