However, to calculate the carbon sink and biodiversity opportunities associated with shifting cropland use in the U.S., the authors of the GFI report significantly limited the scope of their analysis.

To offset GHG emissions and reduce atmospheric CO2, carbon can be trapped in soils through various carbon sink activities such as the growth of trees, forestry management that reduces forest fires and ...

Pep Canadell, the executive director of the Global Carbon Project and one of the coauthors of the study, said the analysis suggests that the land carbon sink in the Unites States may have been ...

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a ...

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of human-driven climate change by absorbing roughly a quarter of the carbon ...

Besides documenting the effects of aerosols on the carbon cycle, the research also showed that the type of landscape also influenced whether a surface area served as a carbon sink, an area that ...

Everything But the Carbon Sink A new study throws doubt on a 1998 analysis that determined the plants and soils of the U.S. and southern Canada were absorbing as much carbon dioxide as the two ...

But agriculture also has the potential to help remove those emissions, at least temporarily, through the creation of natural carbon sinks in grasslands, trees, and cropland.

However, to calculate the carbon sink and biodiversity opportunities associated with shifting cropland use in the U.S., the authors of the GFI report significantly limited the scope of their analysis.