Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests.
Science
; 368(6497)2020 06 19.
Article
de En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32554569
ABSTRACT
Forests have considerable potential to help mitigate human-caused climate change and provide society with many cobenefits. However, climate-driven risks may fundamentally compromise forest carbon sinks in the 21st century. Here, we synthesize the current understanding of climate-driven risks to forest stability from fire, drought, biotic agents, and other disturbances. We review how efforts to use forests as natural climate solutions presently consider and could more fully embrace current scientific knowledge to account for these climate-driven risks. Recent advances in vegetation physiology, disturbance ecology, mechanistic vegetation modeling, large-scale ecological observation networks, and remote sensing are improving current estimates and forecasts of the risks to forest stability. A more holistic understanding and quantification of such risks will help policy-makers and other stakeholders effectively use forests as natural climate solutions.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Changement climatique
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Forêts
Type d'étude:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Langue:
En
Journal:
Science
Année:
2020
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique