Fig. 2: The conversion ratios between the climate impact of a one-off pulse of CO2 and a continuous emission of CH4 or N2O over 500 years.
From: Risk to rely on soil carbon sequestration to offset global ruminant emissions
Climate impact is reflected via radiative forcing (RF) and global surface temperature change (TC). The values indicate how much CO2 needs to be sequestrated to offset the climate impact of a continuous emission of one tonne (t) of CH4 (main Y-axis) or N2O (secondary Y-axis). The red dashed line indicates the results at year 100. The calculations are based on a simple climate model27. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
