This issue of FLUXES addresses the potential and limitations of nature-based solutions for carbon ­removals from a scientific perspective:

What can be measured?
What conclusions can be drawn?
What solutions seem adequate?

This inaugural edition of FLUXES explores how long-term observation data can answer questions such as:

Has there been an acceleration of the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?’
Has extreme weather in Europe influenced the carbon cycle of ecosystems and, consequently, changed their ability to store carbon?’