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

Zhengang Wang (), Thomas Hoffmann, Johan Six, Jed O. Kaplan, Gerard Govers, Sebastian Doetterl and Kristof Van Oost
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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
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
Kristof Van Oost: Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 5, 345-349

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.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3263

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