Determinants of carbon release from the active layer and permafrost deposits on the Tibetan Plateau

Permafrost stores large quantities of carbon (C), but uncertainty surrounds decomposability differences between active and permafrost layers. Here, Chen et al. use incubation experiments and a 3-pool model to find permafrost layers are equally or more labile, contributing to C vulnerability in Tibet...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Leiyi Chen, Junyi Liang, Shuqi Qin, Li Liu, Kai Fang, Yunping Xu, Jinzhi Ding, Fei Li, Yiqi Luo, Yuanhe Yang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Science
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permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13046
https://doaj.org/article/16cda8dd2e0f4d708a277b4e59a3f8a2
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Summary:Permafrost stores large quantities of carbon (C), but uncertainty surrounds decomposability differences between active and permafrost layers. Here, Chen et al. use incubation experiments and a 3-pool model to find permafrost layers are equally or more labile, contributing to C vulnerability in Tibetan permafrost.

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