Total forest carbon sink globally 1990 to 2007
| Value | 2.4 Pg C/year Range: ±0.4 Table - link Pg C/year |
|---|---|
| Organism | Biosphere |
| Reference | Pan Y et al., A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests. Science. 2011 Aug 19 333(6045):988-93. doi: 10.1126/science.1201609 abstract and p.989 table 1PubMed ID21764754 |
| Method | "Here, [researchers] present bottom-up estimates of C stocks and fluxes for the world’s forests based on recent inventory data and long-term field observations coupled to statistical or process models (table S1). [They] advanced [their] analyses by including comprehensive C pools of the forest sector (dead wood, harvested wood products, living biomass, litter, and soil) and report past trends and changes in C stocks across countries, regions, and continents representing boreal, temperate, and tropical forests (refs 5, 6)." |
| Comments | "The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location remain uncertain. Using forest inventory data and long-term ecosystem carbon studies, [researchers] estimate a total forest sink of 2.4±0.4 petagrams [10^15 grams] of carbon per year (Pg C/year) globally for 1990 to 2007." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 110914 |