Report Chapter List

Summary Findings and Overview


Chapters

  • Chapter -1: Highlights
  • Chapter 1: Preface
  • Chapter 1: Overview of the Global Carbon Cycle
  • Chapter 2: The North American Carbon Budget
  • Chapter 3: Energy Systems
  • Chapter 4: Understanding Urban Carbon Fluxes
  • Chapter 5: Agriculture
  • Chapter 6: Social Science Perspectives on Carbon
  • Chapter 7: Tribal Lands
  • Chapter 8: Observations of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Methane
  • Chapter 9: Forests
  • Chapter 10: Grasslands
  • Chapter 11: Arctic and Boreal Carbon
  • Chapter 12: Soils
  • Chapter 13: Terrestrial Wetlands
  • Chapter 14: Inland Waters
  • Chapter 15: Tidal Wetlands and Estuaries
  • Chapter 16: Coastal Ocean and Continental Shelves
  • Chapter 17: Biogeochemical Effects of Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
  • Chapter 18: Carbon Cycle Science in Support of Decision Making
  • Chapter 19: Future of the North American Carbon Cycle
  • Appendix A: Report Development Process
  • Appendix B: Information Quality in the Assessment
  • Appendix C: Selected Carbon Cycle Research Observations and Measurement Programs
  • Appendix D: Carbon Measurement Approaches and Accounting Frameworks
  • Appendix E: Fossil Fuel Emissions Estimates for North America
  • Appendix F: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
  • Appendix G: Glossary