China’s lake expansion amplified rapid CO <sub>2</sub> emissions
emissions in China's lakes offset ~12% of national wetland carbon sinks, revealing the critical role in terrestrial carbon budget. Our findings highlighted the urgent need for sustained and high-resolution monitoring to refine lake carbon budget and support climate mitigation policy formulation.
Authors
- S C Zhang
- Shuailong Feng
- JS Gao
- Haijian Bing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9813-6939)
- Yulai Ji
- Kaihua Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-4868)
- Qi Huang
- J Huang
- Qing Zhu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (CN)
- Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Jiangxi Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea4657
- Primary Topic
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences