Alaskan carbon-climate feedbacks will be weaker than inferred from short-term experiments

Warming in the high latitudes is expected to stimulate soil organic matter decomposition which leads to enhanced carbon emissions. Here, the authors show that short-term experiments do not capture the complexity of vegetation dynamics in the Arctic and might thus not provide a full picture of long t...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Nicholas J. Bouskill, William J. Riley, Qing Zhu, Zelalem A. Mekonnen, Robert F. Grant
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Science
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Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19574-3
https://doaj.org/article/2760319d89e549e3b1634a691d8fbac8
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Summary:Warming in the high latitudes is expected to stimulate soil organic matter decomposition which leads to enhanced carbon emissions. Here, the authors show that short-term experiments do not capture the complexity of vegetation dynamics in the Arctic and might thus not provide a full picture of long term processes.

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