Yude Pan

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Abstract The uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) by terrestrial ecosystems is critical for moderating climate change1. To provide a ground-based long-term assessment of the contribution of forests to terrestrial CO2 uptake, we synthesized in situ forest data from boreal, temperate and tropical biomes spanning three decades. We found that the carbon sink in global forests was steady, at 3.6 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 1990s and 2000s, and 3.5 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 2010s.

Research Article Yude Pan1,*, Richard A. Birdsey1, Jingyun Fang2,3, Richard Houghton4, Pekka E. Kauppi5, Werner A. Kurz6, Oliver L. Phillips7, Anatoly Shvidenko8, Simon L. Lewis7, Josep G. Canadell9, Philippe Ciais10, Robert B. Jackson11, Stephen W. Pacala12, A. David McGuire13, Shilong Piao2, Aapo Rautiainen5, Stephen Sitch7, Daniel Hayes14 1U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA.