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S. MacDougall, B. Vanzant, J. Sulik, S. Bagchi, <a href=\"https:\/\/iihs.co.in\/iihs-people\/team\/g-t-dilip-naidu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G T Dilip Naidu<\/a>, O. Muraina, E. W. Seabloom, E. T. Borer, P. Wilfahrt, I. Slette, J. L. Hierro, D. E. Pearson, M. Abedi, M. Akasaka, J. Alberti, A. Aleksanyan, A. A. Amisu, T. M. Anderson, C. A. Arnillas,&#8230; M. B. Siewert <\/em>| 27 January 2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mkzd92ru-44fb280e6d0e74884c6b868fffd9f83a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p2\">Abstract<\/p>\n<p>Land cover data are commonly used to model the terrestrial carbon (C) sink, yet these data have wide margins of error that significantly alter estimates of global C storage. Here we demonstrate this data vulnerability in grasslands, which are critical to C cycling but whose estimated distribution has varied by &gt;50\u2009million\u2009km2 (3.5\u201342% of the Earth\u2019s terrestrial surface). Comparing multiple high-resolution land cover products with expertly annotated grassland data from six continents, we show sources of mapping error and discuss C implications based on 2023 United Nations (UN) FAO estimates. Past misidentification arose from inconsistent definitions on grassland identity and classification flaws especially relating to woody plant cover. Correcting these errors adjusted grassland coverage to 22.8% of the terrestrial land base (30.1\u2009million\u2009km2), elevating UN projections of soil C stocks to 155.02\u2009Pg (0\u201330\u2009cm depth). 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