Land cover and land-use change are important drivers of global climate change and can have both positive and negative feedbacks on the climate system
Nathan J Wood, USGS Western Geographic Science Center, Portland, OR, United States, Benjamin M Sleeter, US Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Tacoma, United States, Thomas R Loveland, USGS EROS Data Ctr, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Susan Aragon Long, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, D.C., United States, James Wickham, Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, Grant M Domke, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States and Nate Herold, Physical Scientist, Metairie, United States; NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Charleston, United States
