Communications Earth & Environment (Jul 2022)

Amplified warming from physiological responses to carbon dioxide reduces the potential of vegetation for climate change mitigation

  • Mingzhu He,
  • Shilong Piao,
  • Chris Huntingford,
  • Hao Xu,
  • Xuhui Wang,
  • Ana Bastos,
  • Jiangpeng Cui,
  • Thomas Gasser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00489-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels induce vegetation physiological responses that amplify local warming through reductions in evapotranspiration according to factorial analyses of radiative and physiological effects in Earth system models.