Line Plot from Scientific Research

Climate benefit (avoided warming) as implied by equivalency factors that equate tonne-years of temporary storage to equivalent amounts of permanent storage (dashed and dotted lines), compared to the actual climate benefit that occurs in response to temporary carbon storage (solid lines). The use of equivalency factors to infer climate benefit leads to an underestimate of the near-term value of temporary storage, and a substantial overestimate of the long-term value of temporary storage. Source data are provided as a Source data file.

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