Natural climate solutions for the United States

Joseph E. Fargione; Steven Bassett; Timothy Boucher; Scott D. Bridgham; Richard T. Conant; Susan C. Cook-Patton; Peter W. Ellis; Alessandra Falcucci; James W. Fourqurean; Trisha Gopalakrishna; Huan Gu; Benjamin Henderson; Matthew D. Hurteau; Kevin D. Kroeger; Timm Kroeger; Tyler J. Lark; Sara M. Leavitt; Guy Lomax; Robert I. McDonald; J. Patrick Megonigal; Daniela A. Miteva; Curtis J. Richardson; Jonathan Sanderman; David Shoch; Seth A. Spawn; Joseph W. Veldman; Christopher A. Williams; Peter B. Woodbury; Chris Zganjar; Marci Baranski; Patricia Elias; Richard A. Houghton; Emily Landis; Emily McGlynn; William H. Schlesinger; Juha V. Siikamaki; Ariana E. Sutton-Grier; Bronson W. Griscom

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat1869

Research ArticleENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Natural climate solutions for the United States

Joseph E. Fargione ¹,*,
Steven Bassett ²,
Timothy Boucher ³,
Scott D. Bridgham⁴,
Richard T. Conant⁵,
Susan C. Cook-Patton ³,⁶,
Peter W. Ellis ³,
Alessandra Falcucci⁷,
James W. Fourqurean⁸,
Trisha Gopalakrishna ³,
Huan Gu ⁹,
Benjamin Henderson¹⁰,
Matthew D. Hurteau¹¹,
Kevin D. Kroeger¹²,
Timm Kroeger ³,
Tyler J. Lark¹³,
Sara M. Leavitt ³,
Guy Lomax ¹⁴,
Robert I. McDonald ³,
J. Patrick Megonigal⁶,
Daniela A. Miteva¹⁵,
Curtis J. Richardson¹⁶,
Jonathan Sanderman¹⁷,
David Shoch¹⁸,
Seth A. Spawn¹³,
Joseph W. Veldman¹⁹,
Christopher A. Williams ⁹,
Peter B. Woodbury²⁰,
Chris Zganjar ³,
Marci Baranski²¹,
Patricia Elias ³,
Richard A. Houghton¹⁷,
Emily Landis ³,
Emily McGlynn²²,
William H. Schlesinger²³,
Juha V. Siikamaki²⁴,
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier²⁵,²⁶ and
Bronson W. Griscom ³

¹The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA.
²The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
³The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
⁴Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
⁵Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
⁶Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
⁷Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
⁸Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
⁹Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
¹⁰Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris 75016, France.
¹¹Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
¹²Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
¹³Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
¹⁴The Nature Conservancy, Oxford OX1 1HU, UK.
¹⁵Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
¹⁶Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
¹⁷Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
¹⁸TerraCarbon LLC, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
¹⁹Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
²⁰College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
²¹U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, USA.
²²Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
²³Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
²⁴International Union for Conservation of Nature, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
²⁵The Nature Conservancy, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
²⁶Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: jfargione{at}tnc.org

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Science Advances 14 Nov 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaat1869
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat1869

Joseph E. Fargione

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Steven Bassett

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Timothy Boucher

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Scott D. Bridgham

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Richard T. Conant

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Susan C. Cook-Patton

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Peter W. Ellis

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Alessandra Falcucci

Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.

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James W. Fourqurean

Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.

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Trisha Gopalakrishna

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Huan Gu

Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.

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Benjamin Henderson

Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris 75016, France.

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Matthew D. Hurteau

Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.

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Kevin D. Kroeger

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Timm Kroeger

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Tyler J. Lark

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.

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Sara M. Leavitt

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Guy Lomax

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Robert I. McDonald

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J. Patrick Megonigal

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.

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Daniela A. Miteva

Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

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Curtis J. Richardson

Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

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Jonathan Sanderman

Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.

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David Shoch

TerraCarbon LLC, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.

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Seth A. Spawn

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.

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Joseph W. Veldman

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

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Christopher A. Williams

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Peter B. Woodbury

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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Chris Zganjar

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Marci Baranski

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Patricia Elias

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Richard A. Houghton

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Emily Landis

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Emily McGlynn

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William H. Schlesinger

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Juha V. Siikamaki

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Ariana E. Sutton-Grier

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Bronson W. Griscom

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