Trading Water for Carbon with Biological Carbon Sequestration Export

@article{citeulike:1378492, abstract = {Carbon sequestration strategies highlight tree plantations without considering their full environmental consequences. We combined field research, synthesis of more than 600 observations, and climate and economic modeling to document substantial losses in stream flow, and increased soil salinization and acidification, with afforestation. Plantations decreased stream flow by 227 millimeters per year globally (52\%), with 13\% of streams drying completely for at least 1 year. Regional modeling of U.S. plantation scenarios suggests that climate feedbacks are unlikely to offset such water losses and could exacerbate them. Plantations can help control groundwater recharge and upwelling but reduce stream flow and salinize and acidify some soils. 10.1126/science.1119282}, author = {Jackson, Robert B. and Jobbagy, Esteban G. and Avissar, Roni and Roy, Somnath B. and Barrett, Damian J. and Cook, Charles W. and Farley, Kathleen A. and Le and Mccarl, Bruce A. and Murray, Brian C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1378492}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119282}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/310/5756/1944}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16373572}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16373572}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1126/science.1119282}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {carbon, plantations, water}, month = {December}, number = {5756}, pages = {1944--1947}, posted-at = {2007-06-11 12:24:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Trading Water for Carbon with Biological Carbon Sequestration}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119282}, volume = {310}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1378492 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1378492 N2 - Carbon sequestration strategies highlight tree plantations without considering their full environmental consequences. We combined field research, synthesis of more than 600 observations, and climate and economic modeling to document substantial losses in stream flow, and increased soil salinization and acidification, with afforestation. Plantations decreased stream flow by 227 millimeters per year globally (52%), with 13% of streams drying completely for at least 1 year. Regional modeling of U.S. plantation scenarios suggests that climate feedbacks are unlikely to offset such water losses and could exacerbate them. Plantations can help control groundwater recharge and upwelling but reduce stream flow and salinize and acidify some soils. 10.1126/science.1119282 IS - 5756 JF - Science EP - 1947 TI - Trading Water for Carbon with Biological Carbon Sequestration VL - 310 SP - 1944 KW - carbon KW - plantations KW - water AU - Jackson, Robert AU - Jobbagy, Esteban AU - Avissar, Roni AU - Roy, Somnath AU - Barrett, Damian AU - Cook, Charles AU - Farley, Kathleen AU - Le AU - Mccarl, Bruce AU - Murray, Brian PY - 2005/12/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119282 ER -