Valuation of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in the Contiguous United States Based on the Avoided Social Cost of Carbon Emissions

Soil organic carbon (SOC) generates several ecosystem services (ES), including a regulating service by sequestering carbon (C) as SOC. This ES can be valued based on the avoided social cost of carbon (SC-CO<sub>2</sub>) from the long-term damage resulting from emissions of carbon dioxide...

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Main Authors: Elena A. Mikhailova, Garth R. Groshans, Christopher J. Post, Mark A. Schlautman, Gregory C. Post
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/8/3/153