Tumber-Dávila et al. (2024): Hurricanes pose a substantial risk to New England forest carbon stocks
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila, Taylor Lucey, Emery R. Boose, Danelle Laflower, Agustín León-Sáenz, Barry T. Wilson, Meghan Graham MacLean, Jonathan R. Thompson IN: Global Change Biology 30 (4), e17259, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17259
New England is one of the most heavily forested regions in the United States (>75% forested by land area), and forest carbon is a significant component of climate mitigation policies. This paper investigates to what extent large infrequent disturbances, such as hurricanes, are a major source of uncertainty and risk for policies relying on forest carbon for climate mitigation, especially as climate change is projected to alter the intensity and extent of hurricanes.