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Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation

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Bala, G., Caldeira, K., Wickett, M., Phillips, T. J., Lobell, D. B., Delire, C., Mirin, A.·2007·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.0608998104PMC PMC1871823

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The prevention of deforestation and promotion of afforestation have often been cited as strategies to slow global warming. Deforestation releases CO 2 to the atmosphere, which exerts a warming influence on Earth's climate. However, biophysical effects of deforestation, which include changes in land surface albedo, evapotranspiration, and cloud cover also affect climate. Here we present results from several large-scale deforestation experiments performed with a three-dimensional coupled global carbon-cycle and climate model. These simulations were performed by using a fully three-dimensional model representing physical and biogeochemical interactions among land, atmosphere, and ocean. We find that global-scale deforestation has a net cooling influence on Earth's climate, because the warming carbon-cycle effects of deforestation are overwhelmed by the net cooling associated with changes in albedo and evapotranspiration. Latitude-specific deforestation experiments indicate that afforestation projects in the tropics would be clearly beneficial in mitigating global-scale warming, but would be counterproductive if implemented at high latitudes and would offer only marginal benefits in temperate regions. Although these results question the efficacy of mid- and high-latitude afforestation projects for climate mitigation, forests remain environmentally valuable resources for many reasons unrelated to climate.

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Authors: Bala, G., Caldeira, K., Wickett, M., Phillips, T. J., Lobell, D. B., Delire, C., & Mirin, A.
Affiliations: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305; and
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (FR)
ORCID: Bala, G.
Caldeira, K.
Phillips, T. J.
Lobell, D. B.
Delire, C.
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2007-04-17
Volume: 104
Issue: 16
Pages: 6550-6555
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608998104
PMC: PMC1871823
OpenAlex: W1965323106
Cited by: 957
References: 34
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 58 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 67 · 2013: 58 · 2012: 54
FWCI: 37.95
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: correction (2007-06-05)
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy (W-7405, -7405-ENG-48)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (W-7405-ENG 48, -7405-Eng-48)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
Keywords: deforestation, afforestation, climate change mitigation, carbon cycle, surface albedo, evapotranspiration, biophysical effects, global warming
MeSH terms: Atmosphere, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Conservation of Natural Resources

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