Research ArticleENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Natural climate solutions for the United States
- View ORCID ProfileJoseph E. Fargione1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileSteven Bassett2,
- View ORCID ProfileTimothy Boucher3,
- View ORCID ProfileScott D. Bridgham4,
- View ORCID ProfileRichard T. Conant5,
- View ORCID ProfileSusan C. Cook-Patton3,6,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter W. Ellis3,
- Alessandra Falcucci7,
- View ORCID ProfileJames W. Fourqurean8,
- View ORCID ProfileTrisha Gopalakrishna3,
- View ORCID ProfileHuan Gu9,
- Benjamin Henderson10,
- View ORCID ProfileMatthew D. Hurteau11,
- View ORCID ProfileKevin D. Kroeger12,
- Timm Kroeger3,
- View ORCID ProfileTyler J. Lark13,
- View ORCID ProfileSara M. Leavitt3,
- View ORCID ProfileGuy Lomax14,
- Robert I. McDonald3,
- View ORCID ProfileJ. Patrick Megonigal6,
- View ORCID ProfileDaniela A. Miteva15,
- View ORCID ProfileCurtis J. Richardson16,
- View ORCID ProfileJonathan Sanderman17,
- View ORCID ProfileDavid Shoch18,
- View ORCID ProfileSeth A. Spawn13,
- View ORCID ProfileJoseph W. Veldman19,
- Christopher A. Williams9,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter B. Woodbury20,
- View ORCID ProfileChris Zganjar3,
- Marci Baranski21,
- View ORCID ProfilePatricia Elias3,
- View ORCID ProfileRichard A. Houghton17,
- View ORCID ProfileEmily Landis3,
- View ORCID ProfileEmily McGlynn22,
- View ORCID ProfileWilliam H. Schlesinger23,
- Juha V. Siikamaki24,
- Ariana E. Sutton-Grier25,26 and
- View ORCID ProfileBronson W. Griscom3
- 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
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaat1869
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat1869
Joseph E. Fargione
1The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA.
Steven Bassett
2The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
Timothy Boucher
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Scott D. Bridgham
4Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Richard T. Conant
5Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Susan C. Cook-Patton
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
6Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
Peter W. Ellis
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Alessandra Falcucci
7Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
James W. Fourqurean
8Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Trisha Gopalakrishna
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Huan Gu
9Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
Benjamin Henderson
10Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris 75016, France.
Matthew D. Hurteau
11Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Kevin D. Kroeger
12Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Timm Kroeger
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Tyler J. Lark
13Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Sara M. Leavitt
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Guy Lomax
14The Nature Conservancy, Oxford OX1 1HU, UK.
Robert I. McDonald
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
J. Patrick Megonigal
6Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
Daniela A. Miteva
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Curtis J. Richardson
16Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Jonathan Sanderman
17Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
David Shoch
18TerraCarbon LLC, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Seth A. Spawn
13Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Joseph W. Veldman
19Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Christopher A. Williams
9Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
Peter B. Woodbury
20College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Chris Zganjar
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Marci Baranski
21U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, USA.
Patricia Elias
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Richard A. Houghton
17Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
Emily Landis
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Emily McGlynn
22Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
William H. Schlesinger
23Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
Juha V. Siikamaki
24International Union for Conservation of Nature, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier
25The Nature Conservancy, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
26Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Bronson W. Griscom
3The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.