Research ArticleENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Natural climate solutions for the United States
- Joseph E. Fargione1,*,
- Steven Bassett2,
- Timothy Boucher3,
- Scott D. Bridgham4,
- Richard T. Conant5,
- Susan C. Cook-Patton3,6,
- Peter W. Ellis3,
- Alessandra Falcucci7,
- James W. Fourqurean8,
- Trisha Gopalakrishna3,
- Huan Gu9,
- Benjamin Henderson10,
- Matthew D. Hurteau11,
- Kevin D. Kroeger12,
- Timm Kroeger3,
- Tyler J. Lark13,
- Sara M. Leavitt3,
- Guy Lomax14,
- Robert I. McDonald3,
- J. Patrick Megonigal6,
- Daniela A. Miteva15,
- Curtis J. Richardson16,
- Jonathan Sanderman17,
- David Shoch18,
- Seth A. Spawn13,
- Joseph W. Veldman19,
- Christopher A. Williams9,
- Peter B. Woodbury20,
- Chris Zganjar3,
- Marci Baranski21,
- Patricia Elias3,
- Richard A. Houghton17,
- Emily Landis3,
- Emily McGlynn22,
- William H. Schlesinger23,
- Juha V. Siikamaki24,
- Ariana E. Sutton-Grier25,26 and
- Bronson 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
The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA.
Steven Bassett
The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
Timothy Boucher
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Scott D. Bridgham
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Richard T. Conant
Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Susan C. Cook-Patton
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
Peter W. Ellis
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Alessandra Falcucci
Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
James W. Fourqurean
Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Trisha Gopalakrishna
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Huan Gu
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
Benjamin Henderson
Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris 75016, France.
Matthew D. Hurteau
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Kevin D. Kroeger
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Timm Kroeger
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Tyler J. Lark
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Sara M. Leavitt
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Guy Lomax
The Nature Conservancy, Oxford OX1 1HU, UK.
Robert I. McDonald
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
J. Patrick Megonigal
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
Daniela A. Miteva
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Curtis J. Richardson
Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Jonathan Sanderman
Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
David Shoch
TerraCarbon LLC, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Seth A. Spawn
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Joseph W. Veldman
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Christopher A. Williams
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
Peter B. Woodbury
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Chris Zganjar
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Marci Baranski
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, USA.
Patricia Elias
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Richard A. Houghton
Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
Emily Landis
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
Emily McGlynn
Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
William H. Schlesinger
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
Juha V. Siikamaki
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier
The Nature Conservancy, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Bronson W. Griscom
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.
