Richard A. Birdsey

Aug 6, 2024 | nature.com | Yude Pan |Richard A. Birdsey |Richard Houghton |Pekka E. Kauppi |Heather Keith |Akihiko Ito | +7 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07602-x Published online 17 July 2024In the version of the article initially published, Extended Data Figs. 2e and f were incorrect and have now been amended in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. The original and corrected figure can be seen in the accompanying Supplementary information. Supplementary information is available in the online version of this amendment.

Jul 17, 2024 | nature.com | Yude Pan |Richard A. Birdsey |Richard Houghton |Pekka E. Kauppi |Heather Keith |Akihiko Ito | +7 more

AbstractThe uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) by terrestrial ecosystems is critical for moderating climate change1. To provide a ground-based long-term assessment of the contribution of forests to terrestrial CO2 uptake, we synthesized in situ forest data from boreal, temperate and tropical biomes spanning three decades. We found that the carbon sink in global forests was steady, at 3.6 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 1990s and 2000s, and 3.5 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 2010s.