... Carbondioxide(CO2)isabsorbedby land andvegetationthroughtheprocessofphotosynthesis.Thenetemissionsarenegative(sequestration)andsubstantial,offsettingapproximately884MMTCO2E,orapproximately13%oftotalemissionsin2006.114Thecarbonsequestrationandstorageprovidedby land canbepreservedthough sustainablelandmanagement practices, andcanbeenhancedbyrestorationof land, suchasreforestationofcontaminated land. Theemissionsestimateforthe land basedcarbonsinkisgivenbytheInventory.Specifically,Chapter7, Land Use, Land UseChange,andForestry,providesanassessmentofthenetGHGfluxresultingfromtheusesandchangesin land typesandforestsintheU.S.,includingnetemissionsfromforestlandremainingforestland,croplandremainingcropland, land convertedtocropland,grasslandremaininggrassland, land convertedtograssland,settlementsremainingsettlements,landfillyardtrimmings,and ... Ton=Timeperiodoftransition,defaultis1yearforcarbonlossesAlthoughthisequationissimilartotheequationusedtoestimatecarbonlossesinDOM(seebelow),itisnotinaccordancewiththe2006IPCCGuidelines.Theguidelinesrecommendagreaterdegreeofdisaggregationoflandusedatabyclimateandsoiltype.Theequationaboverepresentsasimplificationofthevariabilityofcarboncontentsinsoilthatexistsonregionalandnationalscales.Thesoilcarbonstockfortheoldlandusecategory(Cso)wasbasedoninformationfordifferentecosystemtypespresentedinthe2000IPCCreportonLandUse,LanduseChange,andForestry.117Thesoilcarbonstockforthenewlandusecategoryofsettlements(Csn)wasbasedonafractionofCso.Forforestlandandgrassland,thefractionwas0.5andforcropland,thefractionwas0.8.GuoandGifford(2002)observedthatlandusechangesofforestlandtocroplandandpasturelandtocroplandresultedinsoilcarbondecreasesof42%and59%,respectively.118Theestimateforthisprojectassumesthattheconversionofforestlandorgrasslandtourbanlandisequivalenttoaconversiontocropland(boremoveexistingvegetationandcausesignificantsoildisturbance);therefore,GuoandGiffordsworksupportsthiseffortsestimationofa50%lossassociatedwiththisconversion.Itisestimatedthatsoilsunderforestsorgrasslandswillloseapproximately50%oftheoriginalorganiccarbonwhenthelandisconvertedtodevelopedland.Theselossesareaconsequenceofboththeremovalofsurfacesoils(toprovidesuitablebuildingfoundation)andnaturaloxidationwhenthesoilisgradedfollowingremovalofthevegetativecover.Lossesfromcroplandsareonlyexpectedtobe20%becausethesesoilsalreadyundergoperiodictillageandthemajorityofnaturaloxidationwillalreadyhaveoccurred.AliteraturereviewforthisprojectdidnotidentifyotherstudiescomparabletoGuoandGifford(2002)thatestimatedsoilcarbonlossesassociatedwithconvertingcroplandtourbanland.Therefore,the20%soilcarbonlossestimatefordevelopmentofcroplandintourbanlandisbasedonbestprofessionaljudgment.th ... Carbondioxide(CO2)isabsorbedby land andvegetationthroughtheprocessofphotosynthesis.Thenetemissionsarenegative(sequestration)andsubstantial,offsettingapproximately884MMTCO2E,orapproximately13%oftotalemissionsin2006.114Thecarbonsequestrationandstorageprovidedby land canbepreservedthough sustainablelandmanagement practices, andcanbeenhancedbyrestorationof land, suchasreforestationofcontaminated land. Theemissionsestimateforthe land basedcarbonsinkisgivenbytheInventory.Specifically,Chapter7, Land Use, Land UseChange,andForestry,providesanassessmentofthenetGHGfluxresultingfromtheusesandchangesin land typesandforestsintheU.S.,includingnetemissionsfromforestlandremainingforestland,croplandremainingcropland, land convertedtocropland,grasslandremaininggrassland, land convertedtograssland,settlementsremainingsettlements,landfillyardtrimmings,and...
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