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Recarbonization of the Biosphere

Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

  • Nobel laureates and renowned experts deliberate on the possibilities of managing the Earth-Human System for slowing-down atmospheric increases in carbon dioxide and for recarbonization of the biosphere
  • The comparison of ecosystems and their role in the global carbon helps the reader in identifying challenges and opportunities to prioritize C sinks for managing recarbonization
  • Includes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches for redistribution of C among biospheric C pools

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Terrestrial Biosphere as a Source and Sink of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    • Rattan Lal, K. Lorenz, R. F. Hüttl, B. U. Schneider, Joachim von Braun
    Pages 1-15
  3. Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene

    • K. Lorenz, P. J. Crutzen, Rattan Lal, K. Töpfer
    Pages 41-58
  4. Accounting More Precisely for Peat and Other Soil Carbon Resources

    • Hermann F. Jungkunst, Jan Paul Krüger, Felix Heitkamp, Stefan Erasmi, Sabine Fiedler, Stephan Glatzel et al.
    Pages 127-157
  5. Permafrost – Physical Aspects, Carbon Cycling, Databases and Uncertainties

    • Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, Hugues Lantuit, Sina Muster, Kurt Roth, Torsten Sachs et al.
    Pages 159-185
  6. Carbon Sequestration in Temperate Forests

    • Rattan Lal, K. Lorenz
    Pages 187-201
  7. Decarbonization of the Atmosphere: Role of the Boreal Forest Under Changing Climate

    • Jagtar Bhatti, Rachhpal Jassal, T. Andy Black
    Pages 203-228
  8. Recarbonization of the Humid Tropics

    • Michelle Venter, Oscar Venter, Susan Laurance, Michael Bird
    Pages 229-252
  9. Carbon Cycling in the Amazon

    • Carlos Clemente Cerri, Martial Bernoux, Brigitte Josefine Feigl, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
    Pages 253-273
  10. Cropland Soil Carbon Dynamics

    • Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal
    Pages 303-346
  11. The Carbon Cycle in Drylands

    • Penélope Serrano-Ortiz, Enrique P. Sánchez-Cañete, Cecilio Oyonarte
    Pages 347-368
  12. Carbonization of Urban Areas

    • Galina Churkina
    Pages 369-382
  13. Potential Carbon Emission Trajectories of Shanghai, China from 2007 to 2050

    • Ru Guo, Xiaojing Cao, Jing Zhang, Fengting Li, Hongtao Wang
    Pages 383-394
  14. Processes of Soil Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in a Changing World

    • Felix Heitkamp, Anna Jacobs, Hermann F. Jungkunst, Stefanie Heinze, Matthias Wendland, Yakov Kuzyakov
    Pages 395-428

About this book

Human activities are significantly modifying the natural global carbon (C) cycles, and concomitantly influence climate, ecosystems, and state and function of the Earth system. Ever increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are added to the atmosphere by fossil fuel combustion but the biosphere is a potential C sink. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of C cycling in the biosphere is crucial for identifying and managing biospheric C sinks. Ecosystems with large C stocks which must be protected and sustainably managed are wetlands, peatlands, tropical rainforests, tropical savannas, grasslands, degraded/desertified lands, agricultural lands, and urban lands. However, land-based sinks require long-term management and a protection strategy because C stocks grow with a progressive improvement in ecosystem health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • OARDC, Carbon Management &, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Rattan Lal

  • , Global Contract for Sustainability, IASS Inst. for Adv. Sust. Studies, Potsdam, Germany

    Klaus Lorenz

  • , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider

  • Bonn, Germany

    Joachim von Braun

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Recarbonization of the Biosphere

  • Book Subtitle: Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

  • Editors: Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4159-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4158-4Published: 30 March 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9907-3Published: 16 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4159-1Published: 28 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 560

  • Topics: Terrestial Ecology, Ecosystems, Urban Ecology, Biogeosciences, Earth System Sciences

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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