Updated estimate of carbon balance on Russian territory

I.N. Kurganova; V.N. Kudeyarov; V.O. Lopes de Gerenyu

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00467.x

Updated estimate of carbon balance on Russian territory

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5

By: I.N. Kurganova, V.N. Kudeyarov and V.O. Lopes de Gerenyu

Open Access

|Jan 2010

Abstract

The land use system in Russia changed considerably after 1990: 30.2 million ha of croplands were abandoned. Based on the own field investigations that were carried out in abandoned lands of different age (Luvic Phaeozems, deciduous forest zone; Moscow region, 54°50'N, 37°37'E), it has been shown that after 4.5 yr of abandonment, the former croplands acted as a stable sink of CO₂. The net ecosystem production (NEP) in the post-agrogenic ecosystems averaged 245 ± 73g C m^-2 yr^-1 for the first 15 yr after land use change that corresponds to an estimated 74 ± 22 Tg C yr^-1 for the total area of abandoned lands in Russian Federation. Currently, the Russian territory acts as an absolute sink of atmospheric CO₂ at a rate about 0.90 Pg C yr^-1. Using three different approaches, it was demonstrated that after 1990, the carbon sequestration in Russian soils (0.20 cm layer) has averaged 34 ± 2.2 Tg C yr^-1. This soil C forms net biome production (NBP) where carbon lifetime is much longer than in ‘Kyoto forests’. Thus, the post-agrogenic ecosystems in Russia provide with the additional CO₂ sink in NEP and NBP that could annually compensate about 25% of the current fossil fuel emissions in the Russian Federation.

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