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