A two-fold increase of carbon cycle sensitivity to tropical temperature variations

Xuhui Wang, Shilong Piao (), Philippe Ciais, Pierre Friedlingstein, Ranga B. Myneni, Peter Cox, Martin Heimann, John Miller, Shushi Peng, Tao Wang, Hui Yang and Anping Chen
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Xuhui Wang: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Shilong Piao: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Philippe Ciais: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Pierre Friedlingstein: College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Ranga B. Myneni: Boston University
Peter Cox: College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Martin Heimann: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 07701 Jena, Germany
John Miller: Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway
Shushi Peng: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Tao Wang: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Hui Yang: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Anping Chen: Princeton University

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7487, 212-215

Abstract: The long-term record of atmospheric carbon dioxide growth rate shows that the sensitivity of this growth rate to tropical temperature variability has increased by a factor of about two in the past five decades, and was greater when tropical land regions experienced drier conditions, implying that moisture regulates this sensitivity.

Date: 2014
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