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Human-induced erosion has offset one-third of carbon emissions from land cover change

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  • Zhengang Wang

    (Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain)

  • Thomas Hoffmann

    (University of Bonn
    German Federal Institute of Hydrology)

  • Johan Six

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

  • Jed O. Kaplan

    (Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne)

  • Gerard Govers

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)

  • Sebastian Doetterl

    (Institute of Geography, Augsburg University
    ISOFYS-Isotope Bioscience Laboratory, Ghent University)

  • Kristof Van Oost

    (Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain)

Abstract

Erosion of agricultural land is estimated to have resulted in a cumulative net uptake of 78 ± 22 Pg C on land (6000 bc–2015 ad), offsetting 37 ± 10% of generally recognized C emissions resulting from anthropogenic land cover change.

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  • Zhengang Wang & Thomas Hoffmann & Johan Six & Jed O. Kaplan & Gerard Govers & Sebastian Doetterl & Kristof Van Oost, 2017. "Human-induced erosion has offset one-third of carbon emissions from land cover change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(5), pages 345-349, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate3263
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3263
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    1. Jed O. Kaplan & Kristen M. Krumhardt & Marie-José Gaillard & Shinya Sugita & Anna-Kari Trondman & Ralph Fyfe & Laurent Marquer & Florence Mazier & Anne Birgitte Nielsen, 2017. "Constraining the Deforestation History of Europe: Evaluation of Historical Land Use Scenarios with Pollen-Based Land Cover Reconstructions," Land, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-20, December.
    2. Min Liu & Yinrong Chen & Kun Chen & Yi Chen, 2023. "Progress and Hotspots of Research on Land-Use Carbon Emissions: A Global Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-23, April.
    3. van Zelm, Rosalie & van der Velde, Marijn & Balkovic, Juraj & Čengić, Mirza & Elshout, Pieter M.F. & Koellner, Thomas & Núñez, Montserrat & Obersteiner, Michael & Schmid, Erwin & Huijbregts, Mark A.J., 2018. "Spatially explicit life cycle impact assessment for soil erosion from global crop production," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 30(PB), pages 220-227.
    4. Qi Luo & Lin Zhen & Yunfeng Hu, 2020. "The Effects of Restoration Practices on a Small Watershed in China’s Loess Plateau: A Case Study of the Qiaozigou Watershed," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-16, October.

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