Comment on "Carbon farming in hot, dry coastal areas: an option for climate change mitigation" by Becker et al. (2013)

Becker et al. (2013) argue that an afforestation of 0.73 × 10<sup>9</sup> ha with <i>Jatropha curcas</i> plants would generate an additional terrestrial carbon sink of 4.3 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>, enough to stabilise the atmospheric mixing ratio of carbon dioxide (CO&...

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Main Author: M. Heimann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/5/41/2014/esd-5-41-2014.pdf