Rattan Lal

Recarbonization of the Biosphere: Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle Rattan Lal 2012 edition

Marc Notes: Workshop entitled Recarbonization of the Biosphere, held at the IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam, from 20 to 22 March 2011.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword (K. Topfer, R. Hill)1. Terrestrial Biosphere as a Source and Sink of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R. F. J. Huttl, B. U. Schneider, J. von Braun)2. Climate Change Mitigation by Managing the Terrestrial Biosphere (R. Lal)3. Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene (P. J. Crutzen, K. Lorenz, R. Lal, K. Topfer)4. Historic Changes in Terrestrial Carbon Storage (R. A. Houghton)5. Soil Erosion and Soil Organic Carbon Storage on the Chinese Loess Plateau (C. Dahlke, H. R. Bork)6. Methane Emissions from China s Natural Wetlands: Measurements, Temporal Variance and Influencing Factors (X. Wang, F. Lu, L. Yang)7. Accounting more precisely for peat and other soil carbon resources (Hermann F. Jungkunst, Jan Paul Kruger, Felix Heitkamp, Stefan Erasmi, Stephan Glatzel Sabine Fiedler, and Rattan Lal)8. Permafrost - Physical Aspects, Carbon Cycling, Databases and Uncertainties (J. Boike, M. Langer, H. Lantuit, S. Muster, T. Sachs, P. Overduin, S. Westermann, D. McGuire)9. Carbon Sequestration in Temperate Forests (R. Lal, K. Lorenz)10. Decarbonization of the Atmosphere: Role of the Boreal Forest under Changing Climate (J. S. Bhatti, R. Jassal)11. Recarbonization of the Humid Tropics (M. Venter, O. Venter, S. Laurance, M. F. Bird)12. Carbon Cycling in the Amazon (C. C. Cerri, M. Bernoux, B. J. Feigl, C. E. P. Cerri)13. Grassland Soil Carbon Stocks: Status, Opportunities, Vulnerability (R. T. Conant)14. Cropland Soil Carbon Dynamics (K. Lorenz, R. Lal)15. The Carbon Cycle in Drylands (P. Serrano-Ortiz, E. P. Sanchez-Canete, C. Oyonarte)16. Carbonization of Urban Areas (G. Churkina)17. Potential Carbon Emission Trajectories of Shanghai, China from 2007 to 2050 (R. Guo, X. Cao, J. Zhang, F. Li, H. Wang)18. Processes of Soil Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in a Changing World (F. Heitkamp, A. Jacobs, H. F. Jungkunst, S. Heinze, M. Wendland, Y. Kuzyakov)19. Terrestrial Carbon Management in Urban Ecosystems and Water (K. Butterbach-Bahl, M. Dannenmann)20. Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Subsoil Horizons: Knowledge, Gaps and Potentials (C. Rumpel, A. Chabbi, B. Marschner)21. Transforming Carbon Dioxide from a Liability into an Asset (C. Rubbia)22. Bioenergy and Biospheric Carbon (T. Beringer, W. Lucht)23. The Economics of Land and Soil Degradation Toward an Assessment of the Costs of Inaction (J. v. Braun, N. Gerber)24. Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Coastal Wetlands (J. T. Morris, J. Edwards, S. Crooks, E. Reyes)25. Research and Development Priorities Towards Recarbonization of the Biosphere (R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R. F. J. Huttl, B. U. Schneider, J. von Braun)"Publisher Marketing: 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 are added to the atmosphere by fossil fuel combustion but the biosphere is a potential C sink. This book deals with this topic.

Contributor Bio:  Von Braun, Joachim Maximo Torero is a research fellow at IFPRI. Joachim von Braun is the director general of IFPRI.