Articles | Volume 22, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5309-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5309-2025
Research article
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07 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2025

Future forests: estimating biogenic emissions from net-zero aligned afforestation pathways in the UK

Hazel Mooney, Stephen Arnold, Ben Silver, Piers M. Forster, and Catherine E. Scott

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3895', Jing Tang, 07 Feb 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Hazel Mooney, 25 Mar 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3895', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Mar 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Hazel Mooney, 25 Mar 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (01 Apr 2025) by Ivonne Trebs
AR by Hazel Mooney on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2025)  Author's response 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Apr 2025) by Ivonne Trebs
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (16 Apr 2025)
EF by Vitaly Muravyev (10 Apr 2025)  Manuscript   Author's tracked changes 
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Apr 2025) by Ivonne Trebs
AR by Hazel Mooney on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Aug 2025) by Ivonne Trebs
AR by Hazel Mooney on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We simulate the potential changes in natural emissions of volatile gases from the land surface in the UK following afforestation from present-day woodland cover of 13 % to 19 % by 2050. We estimate present-day annual UK emissions of isoprene at 39 kt yr−1 and total monoterpenes at 46 kt yr−1, but emissions from afforested experiments show between a 3 % decrease and 123 % increase in emissions, explained by the variation in emissions activity between and within needleleaf and broadleaf trees.
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