Alan Ziegler

Sep 12, 2024 | nature.com | Yu Feng |Philippe Ciais |Jean-Pierre Wigneron |Alan Ziegler |Dave van Wees |Dominick V. Spracklen | +4 more

AbstractTropical terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance. However, the complex dynamics and factors controlling tropical aboveground live biomass carbon (AGC) are not fully understood. Here, using remotely sensed observations, we find a moderate net AGC sink of 0.21 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1 throughout the global tropics from 2010 to 2020. This arises from a gross loss of −1.79 PgC yr−1 offset by a marked gain of 2.01 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1.

Sep 12, 2024 | nature.com | Yu Feng |Philippe Ciais |Jean-Pierre Wigneron |Alan Ziegler |Dave van Wees |Dominick V. Spracklen | +4 more

AbstractTropical terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance. However, the complex dynamics and factors controlling tropical aboveground live biomass carbon (AGC) are not fully understood. Here, using remotely sensed observations, we find a moderate net AGC sink of 0.21 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1 throughout the global tropics from 2010 to 2020. This arises from a gross loss of −1.79 PgC yr−1 offset by a marked gain of 2.01 ± 0.06 PgC yr−1.