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dc.contributor.authorPiao, S
dc.contributor.authorHuang, M
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Z
dc.contributor.authorWang, X
dc.contributor.authorCiais, P
dc.contributor.authorCanadell, JG
dc.contributor.authorWang, K
dc.contributor.authorBastos, A
dc.contributor.authorFriedlingstein, P
dc.contributor.authorHoughton, RA
dc.contributor.authorLe Quéré, C
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Y
dc.contributor.authorMyneni, RB
dc.contributor.authorPeng, S
dc.contributor.authorPongratz, J
dc.contributor.authorSitch, S
dc.contributor.authorYan, T
dc.contributor.authorWang, Y
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Z
dc.contributor.authorWu, D
dc.contributor.authorWang, T
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-25T10:29:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-20
dc.description.abstractThe terrestrial carbon sink accelerated during 1998–2012, concurrently with the slow warming period, but the mechanisms behind this acceleration are unclear. Here we analyse recent changes in the net land carbon sink (NLS) and its driving factors, using atmospheric inversions and terrestrial carbon models. We show that the linear trend of NLS during 1998–2012 is about 0.17 ± 0.05 Pg C yr−2, which is three times larger than during 1980–1998 (0.05 ± 0.05 Pg C yr−2). According to terrestrial carbon model simulations, the intensification of the NLS cannot be explained by CO2fertilization or climate change alone. We therefore use a bookkeeping model to explore the contribution of changes in land-use emissions and find that decreasing land-use emissions are the dominant cause of the intensification of the NLS during the slow warming period. This reduction of land-use emissions is due to both decreased tropical forest area loss and increased afforestation in northern temperate regions. The estimate based on atmospheric inversions shows consistently reduced land-use emissions, whereas another bookkeeping model did not reproduce such changes, probably owing to missing the signal of reduced tropical deforestation. These results highlight the importance of better constraining emissions from land-use change to understand recent trends in land carbon sinks.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant XDA20050101), the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant 131C11KYSB20160061), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41530528), and the 111 Project (B14001).en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 11, pp. 739 - 743en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41561-018-0204-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/34446
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder embargo until 20 February 2019 in compliance with publisher policyen_GB
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s)en_GB
dc.titleLower land-use emissions responsible for increased net land carbon sink during the slow warming perioden_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1752-0894
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.journalNature Geoscienceen_GB


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