Near-term investments in forest management support long-term carbon sequestration capacity in forests of the United States

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dc.contributor.authorCoulston, John W.en
dc.contributor.authorDomke, Grant M.en
dc.contributor.authorWalker, David M.en
dc.contributor.authorBrooks, Evan B.en
dc.contributor.authorO'Dea, Claire B.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-18T20:04:09Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-18T20:04:09Zen
dc.date.issued2023-11-21en
dc.description.abstractThe forest carbon sink of the United States offsets emissions in other sectors. Recently passed US laws include important climate legislation for wildfire reduction, forest restoration, and forest planting. In this study, we examine how wildfire reduction strategies and planting might alter the forest carbon sink. Our results suggest that wildfire reduction strategies reduce carbon sequestration potential in the near term but provide a longer term benefit. Planting initiatives increase carbon sequestration but at levels that do not offset lost sequestration from wildfire reduction strategies. We conclude that recent legislation may increase near-term carbon emissions due to fuel treatments and reduced wildfire frequency and intensity, and expand long-term US carbon sink strength.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent4 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierARTN pgad345 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad345en
dc.identifier.eissn2752-6542en
dc.identifier.issn2752-6542en
dc.identifier.issue11en
dc.identifier.otherPMC10662452en
dc.identifier.otherpgad345 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid38024401en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/117397en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024401en
dc.rightsPublic Domain (U.S.)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subjectnatural climate solutionsen
dc.subjectclimate mitigationen
dc.subjectforest carbon projectionsen
dc.subjectclimate legislationen
dc.titleNear-term investments in forest management support long-term carbon sequestration capacity in forests of the United Statesen
dc.title.serialPNAS Nexusen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-10-11en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environmenten
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Forest Resources and Environmental Conservationen

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