Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures
The mechanisms translating global circulation changes into rapid abrupt shifts in -forest carbon capture in semi-arid biomes remain poorly understood. Here, we report -unprecedented multidecadal shifts in forest carbon uptake in semi-arid Mediterranean pine forests in Spain over 1950-2012. The avera...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/437dd9ae-5c66-4196-b5cf-a124939df7bd 2024-06-02T08:11:20+00:00 Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures Carnicer, Jofre Domingo-Marimon, Cristina Ninyerola, Miquel Julio Camarero, Jesus Bastos, Ana Lopez-Parages, Jorge Blanquer, Laura Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Lenton, Timothy M. Dakos, Vasilis Ribas, Montserrat Gutierrez, Emilia Penuelas, Josep Pons, Xavier 2019-08 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/437dd9ae-5c66-4196-b5cf-a124939df7bd https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/437dd9ae-5c66-4196-b5cf-a124939df7bd https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14664 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/118429725/Carnicer_et_al_2019_Global_Change_Biology.pdf https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/handle/10871/37548/Carnicer_et_al-2019-Global_Change_Biology.pdf;jsessionid=32FD9B9AF6321BD120EBC256E4BB4DFB?sequence=1 eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/437dd9ae-5c66-4196-b5cf-a124939df7bd info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Carnicer , J , Domingo-Marimon , C , Ninyerola , M , Julio Camarero , J , Bastos , A , Lopez-Parages , J , Blanquer , L , Rodriguez-Fonseca , B , Lenton , T M , Dakos , V , Ribas , M , Gutierrez , E , Penuelas , J & Pons , X 2019 , ' Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures ' , Global Change Biology , vol. 25 , no. 8 , pp. 2825-2840 . https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14664 carbon sink climate forest multidecadal drought regime shift resilience PINUS-HALEPENSIS NORTH-ATLANTIC SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS TREE GROWTH EUROPEAN CLIMATE LARGE-SCALE VARIABILITY DROUGHT OSCILLATION PACIFIC article 2019 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14664 2024-05-07T20:49:55Z The mechanisms translating global circulation changes into rapid abrupt shifts in -forest carbon capture in semi-arid biomes remain poorly understood. Here, we report -unprecedented multidecadal shifts in forest carbon uptake in semi-arid Mediterranean pine forests in Spain over 1950-2012. The averaged carbon sink reduction varies between 31% and 37%, and reaches values in the range of 50% in the most affected forest stands. Regime shifts in forest carbon uptake are associated with climatic early warning signals, decreased forest regional synchrony and reduced long-term carbon sink resilience. We identify the mechanisms linked to ocean multidecadal variability that shape regime shifts in carbon capture. First, we show that low-frequency variations of the surface temperature of the Atlantic Ocean induce shifts in the nonstationary effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on regional forest carbon capture. Modelling evidence supports that the non-stationary effects of ENSO can be propagated from tropical areas to semi-arid Mediterranean biomes through atmospheric wave trains. Second, decadal changes in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) significantly alter sea-air heat exchanges, modifying in turn ocean vapour transport over land and land surface temperatures, and promoting sustained drought conditions in spring and summer that reduce forest carbon uptake. Third, we show that lagged effects of AMO on the winter North Atlantic Oscillation also contribute to the maintenance of long-term droughts. Finally, we show that the reported strong, negative effects of ocean surface temperature (AMO) on forest carbon uptake in the last decades are unprecedented over the last 150 years. Our results provide new, unreported explanations for carbon uptake shifts in these drought-prone forests and review the expected impacts of global warming on the profiled mechanisms. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation University of Groningen research database Pacific Global Change Biology 25 8 2825 2840 |
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carbon sink climate forest multidecadal drought regime shift resilience PINUS-HALEPENSIS NORTH-ATLANTIC SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS TREE GROWTH EUROPEAN CLIMATE LARGE-SCALE VARIABILITY DROUGHT OSCILLATION PACIFIC Carnicer, Jofre Domingo-Marimon, Cristina Ninyerola, Miquel Julio Camarero, Jesus Bastos, Ana Lopez-Parages, Jorge Blanquer, Laura Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Lenton, Timothy M. Dakos, Vasilis Ribas, Montserrat Gutierrez, Emilia Penuelas, Josep Pons, Xavier Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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carbon sink climate forest multidecadal drought regime shift resilience PINUS-HALEPENSIS NORTH-ATLANTIC SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS TREE GROWTH EUROPEAN CLIMATE LARGE-SCALE VARIABILITY DROUGHT OSCILLATION PACIFIC |
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The mechanisms translating global circulation changes into rapid abrupt shifts in -forest carbon capture in semi-arid biomes remain poorly understood. Here, we report -unprecedented multidecadal shifts in forest carbon uptake in semi-arid Mediterranean pine forests in Spain over 1950-2012. The averaged carbon sink reduction varies between 31% and 37%, and reaches values in the range of 50% in the most affected forest stands. Regime shifts in forest carbon uptake are associated with climatic early warning signals, decreased forest regional synchrony and reduced long-term carbon sink resilience. We identify the mechanisms linked to ocean multidecadal variability that shape regime shifts in carbon capture. First, we show that low-frequency variations of the surface temperature of the Atlantic Ocean induce shifts in the nonstationary effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on regional forest carbon capture. Modelling evidence supports that the non-stationary effects of ENSO can be propagated from tropical areas to semi-arid Mediterranean biomes through atmospheric wave trains. Second, decadal changes in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) significantly alter sea-air heat exchanges, modifying in turn ocean vapour transport over land and land surface temperatures, and promoting sustained drought conditions in spring and summer that reduce forest carbon uptake. Third, we show that lagged effects of AMO on the winter North Atlantic Oscillation also contribute to the maintenance of long-term droughts. Finally, we show that the reported strong, negative effects of ocean surface temperature (AMO) on forest carbon uptake in the last decades are unprecedented over the last 150 years. Our results provide new, unreported explanations for carbon uptake shifts in these drought-prone forests and review the expected impacts of global warming on the profiled mechanisms. |
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Carnicer, Jofre Domingo-Marimon, Cristina Ninyerola, Miquel Julio Camarero, Jesus Bastos, Ana Lopez-Parages, Jorge Blanquer, Laura Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Lenton, Timothy M. Dakos, Vasilis Ribas, Montserrat Gutierrez, Emilia Penuelas, Josep Pons, Xavier |
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Carnicer, Jofre Domingo-Marimon, Cristina Ninyerola, Miquel Julio Camarero, Jesus Bastos, Ana Lopez-Parages, Jorge Blanquer, Laura Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Lenton, Timothy M. Dakos, Vasilis Ribas, Montserrat Gutierrez, Emilia Penuelas, Josep Pons, Xavier |
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Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures |
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Carnicer , J , Domingo-Marimon , C , Ninyerola , M , Julio Camarero , J , Bastos , A , Lopez-Parages , J , Blanquer , L , Rodriguez-Fonseca , B , Lenton , T M , Dakos , V , Ribas , M , Gutierrez , E , Penuelas , J & Pons , X 2019 , ' Regime shifts of Mediterranean forest carbon uptake and reduced resilience driven by multidecadal ocean surface temperatures ' , Global Change Biology , vol. 25 , no. 8 , pp. 2825-2840 . https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14664 |
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