Fig. 2: Changes in net ecosystem productivity NEP, surface albedo αs and radiation for four different scenarios. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Changes in net ecosystem productivity NEP, surface albedo αs and radiation for four different scenarios.

From: Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects

Fig. 2

a–d Hypothetical change in αs and NEP for each site (grey arrows) and averaged across all sites (red arrows). e, f Resulting pathways of global top-of-atmosphere net radiation change ΔR per each % of land surface on which land use is changed according to the panel above. The ensemble mean (bold red line) and full uncertainty range (shade, min to max) result from albedo kernel uncertainties between studies, transition times, C saturation effects and harvest exports (see methods). Panel a and e refer to an NEP maximization scenario, b and f to albedo maximization, c and g to a balanced scenario maximizing joint relative increase in both, and d and h a hypothetical scenario assuming NEP and albedo can be maximized independent of each other.

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