Scholes, RJNoble, IR2007-06-122007-06-122001-11-02Scholes, RJ and Noble, IR. 2001. Climate change - Storing carbon on land. Science, vol. 294(5544), pp 1012-10130036-8075http://hdl.handle.net/10204/576Copyright: 2001 American Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe terrestrial biosphere currently absorbs about a quarter of the anthropogenic carbon emissions. Can this carbon sink help to mitigate climate change? In their Perspective, the authors argue that the world will not be worse off for having undertaken measures to promote land sinks, provided that steps to reduce emissions from fossil fuel combustion are not compromised and deforestation is avoided. Even if used to the maximum, however, these sinks will make only a minor difference to the final concentration at which atmospheric CO2 stabilizes. Emphasis must therefore be placed on reducing fossil fuel use and avoiding deforestation.enClimate changesCarbonTerrestrial biosphereArticleScholes, R., & Noble, I. (2001). Climate change - Storing carbon on land. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/576Scholes, RJ, and IR Noble "Climate change - Storing carbon on land." (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/576Scholes R, Noble I. Climate change - Storing carbon on land. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/576.TY - Article AU - Scholes, RJ AU - Noble, IR AB - The terrestrial biosphere currently absorbs about a quarter of the anthropogenic carbon emissions. Can this carbon sink help to mitigate climate change? In their Perspective, the authors argue that the world will not be worse off for having undertaken measures to promote land sinks, provided that steps to reduce emissions from fossil fuel combustion are not compromised and deforestation is avoided. Even if used to the maximum, however, these sinks will make only a minor difference to the final concentration at which atmospheric CO2 stabilizes. Emphasis must therefore be placed on reducing fossil fuel use and avoiding deforestation. DA - 2001-11-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Climate changes KW - Carbon KW - Terrestrial biosphere LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2001 SM - 0036-8075 T1 - Climate change - Storing carbon on land TI - Climate change - Storing carbon on land UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/576 ER -