Nature Communications (Sep 2022)
Respiratory loss during late-growing season determines the net carbon dioxide sink in northern permafrost regions
- Zhihua Liu,
- John S. Kimball,
- Ashley P. Ballantyne,
- Nicholas C. Parazoo,
- Wen J. Wang,
- Ana Bastos,
- Nima Madani,
- Susan M. Natali,
- Jennifer D. Watts,
- Brendan M. Rogers,
- Philippe Ciais,
- Kailiang Yu,
- Anna-Maria Virkkala,
- Frederic Chevallier,
- Wouter Peters,
- Prabir K. Patra,
- Naveen Chandra
Affiliations
- Zhihua Liu
- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana
- John S. Kimball
- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana
- Ashley P. Ballantyne
- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana
- Nicholas C. Parazoo
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Wen J. Wang
- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun
- Ana Bastos
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department of Biogeochemical Integration
- Nima Madani
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Susan M. Natali
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Jennifer D. Watts
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Brendan M. Rogers
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Philippe Ciais
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Kailiang Yu
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Anna-Maria Virkkala
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Frederic Chevallier
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Wouter Peters
- Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research
- Prabir K. Patra
- Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Naveen Chandra
- Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33293-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
The northern high latitude permafrost region has been an important contributor to the carbon sink since the 1980s. A new study finds that as tree cover increases, respiratory CO2 loss during late-growing season offsets photosynthetic CO2 uptake and leads to a slower rate of increasing annual net CO2 uptake.
