A decline in atmospheric CO2 levels under negative emissions may enhance carbon retention in the terrestrial biosphere

So-Won Park; Jong-Seong Kug

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00621-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

A decline in atmospheric CO2 levels under negative emissions may enhance carbon retention in the terrestrial biosphere

So-Won Park,
Jong-Seong Kug

Affiliations

So-Won Park: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Jong-Seong Kug: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00621-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Lagged responses of the terrestrial carbon cycle to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration may enhance climate change mitigation for decades after net-zero emission targets are met, according to analyses of simulations from an ensemble of CMIP6 Earth system models

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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