Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change
Abstract Large‐scale re‐/afforestation projects afford sizable atmospheric CO2 removals yet questions loom surrounding their potentially offsetting biogeophysical radiative forcings. Forest area change alters not only the surface albedo but also heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes, which in turn mod...
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| author | Ryan M. Bright Luca Caporaso Gregory Duveiller Matteo Piccardo Alessandro Cescatti |
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| description | Abstract Large‐scale re‐/afforestation projects afford sizable atmospheric CO2 removals yet questions loom surrounding their potentially offsetting biogeophysical radiative forcings. Forest area change alters not only the surface albedo but also heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes, which in turn modify the atmosphere's radiative, thermodynamical, and dynamical properties. These so‐called radiative forcing “adjustments” have been little examined in re‐/afforestation contexts, and many questions remain surrounding their relevance in relation to the instantaneous forcing from the surface albedo change—and whether they can affect Earth's radiative energy balance in regions remote from where the re‐/afforestation occurs. Here, we quantified biogeophysical radiative forcings and adjustments from realistically scaled re‐/afforestation in Europe at high spatial resolution and found that adjustments with high signal‐to‐noise were largely confined to only a few months and to the region of re‐/afforestation. Adjustments were dominated by perturbed low‐level clouds and rarely exceeded ±25% of the annual albedo change forcing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc05b49dc44144069e0997850bac36872025-01-20T13:05:57ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072025-01-01521n/an/a10.1029/2024GL112739Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo ChangeRyan M. Bright0Luca Caporaso1Gregory Duveiller2Matteo Piccardo3Alessandro Cescatti4Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) Ås NorwayEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra ItalyMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena GermanyCollaborator of European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra ItalyEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra ItalyAbstract Large‐scale re‐/afforestation projects afford sizable atmospheric CO2 removals yet questions loom surrounding their potentially offsetting biogeophysical radiative forcings. Forest area change alters not only the surface albedo but also heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes, which in turn modify the atmosphere's radiative, thermodynamical, and dynamical properties. These so‐called radiative forcing “adjustments” have been little examined in re‐/afforestation contexts, and many questions remain surrounding their relevance in relation to the instantaneous forcing from the surface albedo change—and whether they can affect Earth's radiative energy balance in regions remote from where the re‐/afforestation occurs. Here, we quantified biogeophysical radiative forcings and adjustments from realistically scaled re‐/afforestation in Europe at high spatial resolution and found that adjustments with high signal‐to‐noise were largely confined to only a few months and to the region of re‐/afforestation. Adjustments were dominated by perturbed low‐level clouds and rarely exceeded ±25% of the annual albedo change forcing.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112739radiative adjustmentsreforestationCDRnatural climate solutionseffective radiative forcingland use change |
| spellingShingle | Ryan M. Bright Luca Caporaso Gregory Duveiller Matteo Piccardo Alessandro Cescatti Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change Geophysical Research Letters radiative adjustments reforestation CDR natural climate solutions effective radiative forcing land use change |
| title | Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change |
| title_full | Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change |
| title_fullStr | Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change |
| title_short | Biogeophysical Radiative Forcings of Large‐Scale Afforestation in Europe Are Highly Localized and Dominated by Surface Albedo Change |
| title_sort | biogeophysical radiative forcings of large scale afforestation in europe are highly localized and dominated by surface albedo change |
| topic | radiative adjustments reforestation CDR natural climate solutions effective radiative forcing land use change |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112739 |
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