Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Future nitrogen availability and its effect on carbon sequestration in Northern Eurasia

  • David W. Kicklighter,
  • Jerry M. Melillo,
  • Erwan Monier,
  • Andrei P. Sokolov,
  • Qianlai Zhuang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10944-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The impact of nitrogen availability on carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems under climate change is understudied. Here the authors project that increases in N availability over the 21st century associated with warmer soils and the legacy of past N fertiliser use on abandoned croplands will be the primary drivers of a 21st century net carbon sink in Northern Eurasia.