Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Earth system models underestimate carbon fixation by plants in the high latitudes

  • Alexander J. Winkler,
  • Ranga B. Myneni,
  • Georgii A. Alexandrov,
  • Victor Brovkin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08633-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The terrestrial biosphere absorbs a large fraction of emitted CO2, and thus, plays a critical role in climate change projections. Here, the authors use satellite leaf area and in-situ CO2 measurements to show that most Earth system models largely underestimate photosynthetic carbon fixation in high latitudes.