Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming

Kai Xue, Mengting M. Yuan, Zhou J. Shi, Yujia Qin, Ye Deng, Lei Cheng, Liyou Wu, Zhili He, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Rosvel Bracho, Susan Natali, Edward. A. G. Schuur, Chengwei Luo, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Qiong Wang, James R. Cole, James M. Tiedje, Yiqi Luo and Jizhong Zhou ()
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Kai Xue: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
Mengting M. Yuan: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Zhou J. Shi: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Yujia Qin: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Ye Deng: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Lei Cheng: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Liyou Wu: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Zhili He: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Joy D. Van Nostrand: Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
Rosvel Bracho: University of Florida
Susan Natali: Woods Hole Research Center
Edward. A. G. Schuur: University of Florida
Chengwei Luo: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Qiong Wang: Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University
James R. Cole: Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University
James M. Tiedje: Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University
Yiqi Luo: University of Oklahoma
Jizhong Zhou: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 6, 595-600

Abstract: Release of carbon previously locked in permafrost is a potentially important positive climate feedback. Now metagenomics reveal the vulnerability of active-layer soil carbon to warming-induced microbial decomposition in Alaskan tundra.

Date: 2016
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