Review of the draft Second state of the carbon cycle report (SOCCR2) / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Draft Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report, issuing body.

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)--Research--United States.

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry).

Climatic changes--Research--United States.

Climatic changes.

North America.

U.S. Global Change Research Program. State of the carbon cycle report.

U.S. Global Change Research Program.

National Climate Assessment (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 148 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The second State of the Climate Cycle Report (SOCCR2) aims to elucidate the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the carbon cycle and to discuss the challenges of accounting for all major carbon stocks and flows for the North American continent. This assessment report has broad value, as understanding the carbon cycle is not just an academic exercise. Rather, this understanding can provide an important foundation for making a wide variety of societal decisions about land use and natural resource management, climate change mitigation strategies, urban planning, and energy production and consumption ... To ensure that SOCCR2 is scientifically credible and effectively communicates, the USGCRP asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the draft document (during the same time period in which the draft SOCCR2 report was available for public comment). The Academies appointed an ad hoc expert Committee to conduct this review, and offered here are the Committee's findings and recommendations"-- Page 1.

Contents:

Summary

Introduction

Report overview analysis

Comments on the executive summary

Overview of the global carbon cycle

The North American carbon budget: past present future

Energy systems

Urban

Agriculture

Social science perspectives on carbon

Tribal lands

Observations of atmospheric CO2 and CH4

Forests

Grasslands

Arctic and boreal carbon

Soils

Terrestrial wetlands

Inland waters

Tidal wetlands and estuaries

Coastal oceans and continental shelves

Consequences of rising atmospheric CO2

Carbon cycle science in the support of decision-making

Future of the North American carbon cycle

References

Appendix: committee biosketches.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309473187

0309473187

9780309473163

0309473160