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...
Published in: | Nature Communications |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19574-3 https://doaj.org/article/2760319d89e549e3b1634a691d8fbac8 |
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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