Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Determinants of carbon release from the active layer and permafrost deposits on the Tibetan Plateau

  • Leiyi Chen,
  • Junyi Liang,
  • Shuqi Qin,
  • Li Liu,
  • Kai Fang,
  • Yunping Xu,
  • Jinzhi Ding,
  • Fei Li,
  • Yiqi Luo,
  • Yuanhe Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13046
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Permafrost stores large quantities of carbon (C), but uncertainty surrounds decomposability differences between active and permafrost layers. Here, Chen et al. use incubation experiments and a 3-pool model to find permafrost layers are equally or more labile, contributing to C vulnerability in Tibetan permafrost.