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Data description paper
| 
03 Feb 2026
Data description paper |
| 03 Feb 2026
| 03 Feb 2026
Annual carbon emissions from land-use change in China from 1000 to 2019
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Guanpeng Dong
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Xiaoyu Meng
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Richard A. Houghton
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
Yang Gao
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Fanneng He
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Meijiao Li
College of Resources and Environment, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
Wenjin Li
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Bing Li
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Zhihao Liu
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Qinqin Mao
Piesat Information Technology Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710100, China
Pengfei Wu
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Yuanzhi Yao
School of Geographic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Xudong Zhai
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Hongjuan Zhang
Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Laboratory of Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Neutrality, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
College of Soil and Water Conservation Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Annual carbon emissions from land use change in China from 1000 to 2019 Fan Yang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14557386
Short summary
We used a millennial dataset of land-use change in China, combined with comprehensive soil and vegetation carbon density datasets, to quantify China’s annual carbon emissions resulting from land-use change between 1000 and 2019 using a bookkeeping model. The annual carbon emission flux provides a robust historical baseline for assessing terrestrial ecosystem carbon budgets at national and provincial scales, both in the present and future.
We used a millennial dataset of land-use change in China, combined with comprehensive soil and...
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