TY  - JOUR
AU  - Graf, Alexander
AU  - Wohlfahrt, Georg
AU  - Aranda-Barranco, Sergio
AU  - Arriga, Nicola
AU  - Brümmer, Christian
AU  - Ceschia, Eric
AU  - Ciais, Philippe
AU  - Desai, Ankur R.
AU  - Di Lonardo, Sara
AU  - Gharun, Mana
AU  - Grünwald, Thomas
AU  - Hörtnagl, Lukas
AU  - Kasak, Kuno
AU  - Klosterhalfen, Anne
AU  - Knohl, Alexander
AU  - Kowalska, Natalia
AU  - Leuchner, Michael
AU  - Lindroth, Anders
AU  - Mauder, Matthias
AU  - Migliavacca, Mirco
AU  - Morel, Alexandra C.
AU  - Pfennig, Andreas
AU  - Poorter, Hendrik
AU  - Terán, Christian Poppe
AU  - Reitz, Oliver
AU  - Rebmann, Corinna
AU  - Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo
AU  - Schmidt, Marius
AU  - Šigut, Ladislav
AU  - Tomelleri, Enrico
AU  - Yu, Ke
AU  - Varlagin, Andrej
AU  - Vereecken, Harry
TI  - Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects
JO  - Communications earth & environment
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SN  - 2662-4435
CY  - London
PB  - Springer Nature
M1  - FZJ-2023-03210
SP  - 298
PY  - 2023
AB  - Both carbon dioxide uptake and albedo of the land surface affect global climate. However, climate change mitigation by increasing carbon uptake can cause a warming trade-off by decreasing albedo, with most research focusing on afforestation and its interaction with snow. Here, we present carbon uptake and albedo observations from 176 globally distributed flux stations. We demonstrate a gradual decline in maximum achievable annual albedo as carbon uptake increases, even within subgroups of non-forest and snow-free ecosystems. Based on a paired-site permutation approach, we quantify the likely impact of land use on carbon uptake and albedo. Shifting to the maximum attainable carbon uptake at each site would likely cause moderate net global warming for the first approximately 20 years, followed by a strong cooling effect. A balanced policy co-optimizing carbon uptake and albedo is possible that avoids warming on any timescale, but results in a weaker long-term cooling effect.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001054863600001
DO  - DOI:10.1038/s43247-023-00958-4
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1014226
ER  -