Determining the Value of Soil Inorganic Carbon Stocks in the Contiguous United States Based on the Avoided Social Cost of Carbon Emissions

Determining the Value of Soil Inorganic Carbon Stocks in the Contiguous United States Based on the Avoided Social Cost of Carbon Emissions

Carbon sequestered as soil inorganic carbon (SIC) provides a regulating ecosystem service, which can be assigned a monetary value based on the avoided social cost of carbon (SC-CO<sub>2</sub>). By definition, the SC-CO<sub>2</sub> is a measure, in dollars, of the long-term da...

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Main Authors: Garth R. Groshans, Elena A. Mikhailova, Christopher J. Post, Mark A. Schlautman, Lisha Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Resources
Subjects:
carbon emissions
CO<sub>2</sub>
social cost
soil inorganic carbon (SIC)
STATSGO
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/8/3/119

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