A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon–climate feedback
In this paper, we present an approach to estimate the feedback from large-scale thawing of permafrost soils using a simplified, data-constrained model that combines three elements: soil carbon (C) maps and profiles to identify the distribution and type of C in permafrost soils; incubation experiment...
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY Koven, C. D. Schuur, E. A. G. Schädel, C. Bohn, T. J. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ . School of Earth and Space Exploration Burke, E. J. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter Chen, G. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Chen, X. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ciais, P. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette Grosse, G. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Harden, J. W. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Hayes, D. J. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Hugelius, G. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Jafarov, E. E. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Krinner, G. CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Kuhry, P. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Lawrence, D. M. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO . Climate and Global Dynamics Division MacDougall, A. H. Univ. of Victoria, BC . School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Marchenko, S. S. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. McGuire, A. D. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . US Geological Survey. Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Natali, S. M. Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA Nicolsky, D. J. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Olefeldt, D. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB . Dept. of Renewable Resources Peng, S. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Romanovsky, V. E. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Schaefer, K. M. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Strauss, J. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Treat, C. C. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Turetsky, M. Univ. of Ontario, Guelph, ON . Dept. of Integrative Biology A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon–climate feedback |
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In this paper, we present an approach to estimate the feedback from large-scale thawing of permafrost soils using a simplified, data-constrained model that combines three elements: soil carbon (C) maps and profiles to identify the distribution and type of C in permafrost soils; incubation experiments to quantify the rates of C lost after thaw; and models of soil thermal dynamics in response to climate warming. We call the approach the Permafrost Carbon Network Incubation–Panarctic Thermal scaling approach (PInc-PanTher). The approach assumes that C stocks do not decompose at all when frozen, but once thawed follow set decomposition trajectories as a function of soil temperature. The trajectories are determined according to a three-pool decomposition model fitted to incubation data using parameters specific to soil horizon types. We calculate litterfall C inputs required to maintain steady-state C balance for the current climate, and hold those inputs constant. Soil temperatures are taken from the soil thermal modules of ecosystem model simulations forced by a common set of future climate change anomalies under two warming scenarios over the period 2010 to 2100. Under a medium warming scenario (RCP4.5), the approach projects permafrost soil C losses of 12.2–33.4 Pg C; under a high warming scenario (RCP8.5), the approach projects C losses of 27.9–112.6 Pg C. Projected C losses are roughly linearly proportional to global temperature changes across the two scenarios. These results indicate a global sensitivity of frozen soil C to climate change (γ sensitivity) of -14 to -19 Pg C °C -1 on a 100 year time scale. For CH 4 emissions, our approach assumes a fixed saturated area and that increases in CH 4 emissions are related to increased heterotrophic respiration in anoxic soil, yielding CH 4 emission increases of 7% and 35% for the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios, respectively, which add an additional greenhouse gas forcing of approximately 10–18%. Finally, the simplified approach presented here neglects many important ... |
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Koven, C. D. Schuur, E. A. G. Schädel, C. Bohn, T. J. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ . School of Earth and Space Exploration Burke, E. J. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter Chen, G. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Chen, X. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ciais, P. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette Grosse, G. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Harden, J. W. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Hayes, D. J. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Hugelius, G. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Jafarov, E. E. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Krinner, G. CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Kuhry, P. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Lawrence, D. M. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO . Climate and Global Dynamics Division MacDougall, A. H. Univ. of Victoria, BC . School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Marchenko, S. S. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. McGuire, A. D. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . US Geological Survey. Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Natali, S. M. Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA Nicolsky, D. J. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Olefeldt, D. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB . Dept. of Renewable Resources Peng, S. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Romanovsky, V. E. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Schaefer, K. M. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Strauss, J. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Treat, C. C. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Turetsky, M. Univ. of Ontario, Guelph, ON . Dept. of Integrative Biology |
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Koven, C. D. Schuur, E. A. G. Schädel, C. Bohn, T. J. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ . School of Earth and Space Exploration Burke, E. J. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter Chen, G. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Chen, X. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ciais, P. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette Grosse, G. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Harden, J. W. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Hayes, D. J. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Hugelius, G. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Jafarov, E. E. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Krinner, G. CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Kuhry, P. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Lawrence, D. M. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO . Climate and Global Dynamics Division MacDougall, A. H. Univ. of Victoria, BC . School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Marchenko, S. S. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. McGuire, A. D. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . US Geological Survey. Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Natali, S. M. Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA Nicolsky, D. J. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Olefeldt, D. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB . Dept. of Renewable Resources Peng, S. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Romanovsky, V. E. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Schaefer, K. M. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Strauss, J. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Treat, C. C. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Turetsky, M. Univ. of Ontario, Guelph, ON . Dept. of Integrative Biology |
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:1265528 2023-07-30T04:06:17+02:00 A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon–climate feedback Koven, C. D. Schuur, E. A. G. Schädel, C. Bohn, T. J. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ . School of Earth and Space Exploration Burke, E. J. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter Chen, G. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Chen, X. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA . Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ciais, P. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette Grosse, G. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Harden, J. W. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Hayes, D. J. Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN . Environmental Sciences Division Hugelius, G. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Jafarov, E. E. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Krinner, G. CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Kuhry, P. Stockholm Univ. . Dept. of Physical Geography. Bolin Centre of Climate Research Lawrence, D. M. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO . Climate and Global Dynamics Division MacDougall, A. H. Univ. of Victoria, BC . School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Marchenko, S. S. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. McGuire, A. D. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . US Geological Survey. Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Natali, S. M. Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA Nicolsky, D. J. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Olefeldt, D. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB . Dept. of Renewable Resources Peng, S. Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement , Gif-sur-Yvette CNRS and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble . Lab. de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Romanovsky, V. E. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK . Geophysical Inst. Permafrost Lab. Schaefer, K. M. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO . National Snow and Ice Data Center Strauss, J. Alfred Wegener Inst., Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam . Periglacial Research Unit Treat, C. C. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Turetsky, M. Univ. of Ontario, Guelph, ON . Dept. of Integrative Biology 2023-06-26 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265528 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1265528 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0423 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265528 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1265528 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0423 doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0423 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY 2023 ftosti https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0423 2023-07-11T09:07:32Z In this paper, we present an approach to estimate the feedback from large-scale thawing of permafrost soils using a simplified, data-constrained model that combines three elements: soil carbon (C) maps and profiles to identify the distribution and type of C in permafrost soils; incubation experiments to quantify the rates of C lost after thaw; and models of soil thermal dynamics in response to climate warming. We call the approach the Permafrost Carbon Network Incubation–Panarctic Thermal scaling approach (PInc-PanTher). The approach assumes that C stocks do not decompose at all when frozen, but once thawed follow set decomposition trajectories as a function of soil temperature. The trajectories are determined according to a three-pool decomposition model fitted to incubation data using parameters specific to soil horizon types. We calculate litterfall C inputs required to maintain steady-state C balance for the current climate, and hold those inputs constant. Soil temperatures are taken from the soil thermal modules of ecosystem model simulations forced by a common set of future climate change anomalies under two warming scenarios over the period 2010 to 2100. Under a medium warming scenario (RCP4.5), the approach projects permafrost soil C losses of 12.2–33.4 Pg C; under a high warming scenario (RCP8.5), the approach projects C losses of 27.9–112.6 Pg C. Projected C losses are roughly linearly proportional to global temperature changes across the two scenarios. These results indicate a global sensitivity of frozen soil C to climate change (γ sensitivity) of -14 to -19 Pg C °C -1 on a 100 year time scale. For CH 4 emissions, our approach assumes a fixed saturated area and that increases in CH 4 emissions are related to increased heterotrophic respiration in anoxic soil, yielding CH 4 emission increases of 7% and 35% for the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios, respectively, which add an additional greenhouse gas forcing of approximately 10–18%. Finally, the simplified approach presented here neglects many important ... Other/Unknown Material permafrost SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373 2054 20140423 |