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Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation

Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of the places with reforestation potential.

Kurt A. Fesenmyer
Erin E. Poor
Susan C. Cook-Patton
ResearchOpen Access11 Jun 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-13
Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO₂ fertilization of global plant biomass

Elevated CO₂ increases plant biomass, providing a negative feedback on global warming. Nutrient availability was found to drive the magnitude of this effect for the majority of vegetation globally, and analyses indicated that CO₂ will continue to fertilize plant growth in the next century.

César Terrer
Robert B. Jackson
Oskar Franklin
Research12 Aug 2019
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 9, P: 684-689
Author Correction: Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO₂ fertilization of global plant biomass

César Terrer
Robert B. Jackson
Oskar Franklin
Amendments and Corrections26 May 2020
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 10, P: 696-697
Author Correction: Historical impacts of grazing on carbon stocks and climate mitigation opportunities

Shuai Ren
César Terrer
Dan Liu
Amendments and Corrections27 Jun 2024
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 14, P: 883
A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO₂

A synthesis of elevated carbon dioxide experiments reveals that when plant biomass is strongly stimulated by elevated carbon dioxide levels, soil carbon storage declines, and where biomass is weakly stimulated, soil carbon accumulates.

C. Terrer
R. P. Phillips
R. B. Jackson
Research24 Mar 2021
Nature

Volume: 591, P: 599-603
Historical impacts of grazing on carbon stocks and climate mitigation opportunities

Grazing has been shown to have diverse effects on soil carbon, with local variation. This study assesses carbon changes related to grazing globally and finds that, although grazing has reduced soil carbon stocks, managing intensity could increase carbon uptake in both soils and vegetation.

Shuai Ren
César Terrer
Dan Liu
Research15 Mar 2024
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 14, P: 380-386
Carbon restoration potential on global land under water resource constraints

This study provides a nuanced understanding of the trade-offs and synergies between carbon sequestration goals and water security, and offers a data–model integrated framework to guide ecosystem restoration strategies under water resource constraints.

Shouzhang Peng
César Terrer
Kailiang Yu
Research24 Oct 2024
Nature Water

Volume: 2, P: 1071-1081
Soil carbon storage capacity of drylands under altered fire regimes

Fire impacts soil organic carbon stocks, in addition to aboveground biomass, yet changes are not well constrained. This study shows that more soil carbon is lost from drier ecosystems than humid ones and that the carbon sink is increasing in savannah–grassland regions with declining burned area.

Adam F. A. Pellegrini
Peter B. Reich
Robert B. Jackson
ResearchOpen Access02 Oct 2023
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 13, P: 1089-1094
Global distribution of surface soil organic carbon in urban greenspaces

Using observed data, Guo et al. present a comprehensive assessment of soil organic carbon density and stock in global urban greenspaces. This study elucidates the global distribution of soil organic carbon in urban greenspaces and provides a baseline for future projection.

Hongbo Guo
Enzai Du
Robert B. Jackson
ResearchOpen Access27 Jan 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to rising CO₂

The authors incorporate terrestrial biosphere models with ecological optimality theory, remote sensing and global carbon budget estimates to constrain the historical effects of CO₂ on photosynthesis. They show that CO₂ fertilization likely increased global photosynthesis by 13.5% between 1981 and 2020.

T. F. Keenan
X. Luo
S. Zhou
ResearchOpen Access27 Nov 2023
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 13, P: 1376-1381
Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

Using tree community data from 29 tropical and temperate sites that have experienced multi-decadal alterations in fire frequency, the authors show repeated burning generally reduces stem density and basal area, with most pronounced effects in savanna ecosystems and in sites with strong wet seasons or strong dry seasons.

Adam F. A. Pellegrini
Tyler Refsland
Robert B. Jackson
Research25 Feb 2021
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Volume: 5, P: 504-512
Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

The authors analyse tree responses to an extreme heat and drought event across South America to understand long-term climate resistance. While no more sensitive to this than previous lesser events, forests in drier climates showed the greatest impacts and thus vulnerability to climate extremes.

Amy C. Bennett
Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa
Oliver L. Phillips
ResearchOpen Access04 Sept 2023
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 13, P: 967-974
Chemical & Nano-mechanical Study of Artificial Human Enamel Subsurface Lesions

R. Al-Obaidi
H. Salehi
F. J. G. Cuisinier
ResearchOpen Access06 Mar 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-8
RETRACTED ARTICLE: A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to increasing CO₂

An emergent constraint combining biosphere models and carbon budget estimates suggests that the increase in the global terrestrial carbon sink is caused largely by a CO₂-induced increase in photosynthesis.

T. F. Keenan
X. Luo
S. Zhou
Research08 Dec 2021
Nature

Volume: 600, P: 253-258
Global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

Spatial patterns in the phosphorus and nitrogen limitation in natural terrestrial ecosystems are reported from analysis of a global database of the resorption efficiency of nutrients by leaves.

Enzai Du
César Terrer
Robert B. Jackson
Research10 Feb 2020
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 13, P: 221-226
Retraction Note: A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to increasing CO₂

T. F. Keenan
X. Luo
S. Zhou
Amendments and Corrections30 May 2022
Nature

Volume: 606, P: 420
Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink

A study using paired ¹⁵N tracers shows atmospheric N deposited in oxidized form is more likely retained by trees, while the reduced form is retained in soil. The authors argue that this is a greater contribution of deposited N to the global forest C sink than previously reported.

Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa
Ang Wang
Yunting Fang
ResearchOpen Access15 Feb 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-9
Satellite based estimates underestimate the effect of CO₂ fertilization on net primary productivity

Martin G. De Kauwe
Trevor F. Keenan
Cesar Terrer
Correspondence28 Sept 2016
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 6, P: 892-893
Organizing principles for vegetation dynamics

Integrating natural selection and other organizing principles into next-generation vegetation models could render them more theoretically sound and useful for earth system applications and modelling climate impacts.

Oskar Franklin
Sandy P. Harrison
I. Colin Prentice
Reviews11 May 2020
Nature Plants

Volume: 6, P: 444-453

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