Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Quantifying the recarbonization of post-agricultural landscapes

  • Stephen M. Bell,
  • Samuel J. Raymond,
  • He Yin,
  • Wenzhe Jiao,
  • Daniel S. Goll,
  • Philippe Ciais,
  • Elsa Olivetti,
  • Victor O. Leshyk,
  • César Terrer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37907-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Despite worldwide prevalence, post-agricultural landscapes remain one of the least constrained human-induced land carbon sinks. To appraise their role in rebuilding the planet’s natural carbon stocks through ecosystem restoration, we need to better understand their spatial and temporal legacies.