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Recarbonization of the Biosphere

Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

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Editors:
  1. Rattan Lal

    1. OARDC, Carbon Management &, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  2. Klaus Lorenz

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

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  3. Reinhard F. Hüttl

    1. , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  4. Bernd Uwe Schneider

    1. , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  5. Joachim von Braun

    1. Bonn, Germany

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  • 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. Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Subsoil Horizons: Knowledge, Gaps and Potentials

    • Cornelia Rumpel, Abad Chabbi, Bernd Marschner
    Pages 445-464

  2. Transforming Carbon Dioxide from a Liability into an Asset

    • Carlo Rubbia
    Pages 465-479

  3. Bioenergy and Biospheric Carbon

    • Tim Beringer, Wolfgang Lucht
    Pages 481-492

  4. The Economics of Land and Soil Degradation-Toward an Assessment of the Costs of Inaction

    • Joachim von Braun, Nicolas Gerber
    Pages 493-516

  5. Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Coastal Wetlands

    • James T. Morris, James Edwards, Stephen Crooks, Enrique Reyes
    Pages 517-531

  6. Research and Development Priorities Towards Recarbonization of the Biosphere

    • Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun
    Pages 533-544

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 545-559
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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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