California's forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized
G. Badgley, F. Chay, O. S. Chegwidden, J. J. Hamman, J. Freeman, D. Cullenward
This paper analyzes California's forest carbon offset buffer pool, finding it severely undercapitalized due to wildfire and disease risks, threatening the program's 100-year permanence guarantee.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2022Ecology