Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

T. W. Crowther (), K. E. O. Todd-Brown, C. W. Rowe, W. R. Wieder, J. C. Carey, M. B. Machmuller, B. L. Snoek, S. Fang, G. Zhou, S. D. Allison, J. M. Blair, S. D. Bridgham, A. J. Burton, Y. Carrillo, P. B. Reich, J. S. Clark, A. T. Classen, F. A. Dijkstra, B. Elberling, B. A. Emmett, M. Estiarte, S. D. Frey, J. Guo, J. Harte, L. Jiang, B. R. Johnson, G. Kröel-Dulay, K. S. Larsen, H. Laudon, J. M. Lavallee, Y. Luo, M. Lupascu, L. N. Ma, S. Marhan, A. Michelsen, J. Mohan, S. Niu, E. Pendall, J. Peñuelas, L. Pfeifer-Meister, C. Poll, S. Reinsch, L. L. Reynolds, I. K. Schmidt, S. Sistla, N. W. Sokol, P. H. Templer, K. K. Treseder, J. M. Welker and M. A. Bradford
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T. W. Crowther: Netherlands Institute of Ecology
K. E. O. Todd-Brown: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland
C. W. Rowe: Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
W. R. Wieder: Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
J. C. Carey: Marine Biological Laboratory
M. B. Machmuller: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, 1499 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University
B. L. Snoek: Netherlands Institute of Ecology
S. Fang: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
G. Zhou: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
S. D. Allison: University of California Irvine
J. M. Blair: Kansas State University
S. D. Bridgham: Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon
A. J. Burton: School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University
Y. Carrillo: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
P. B. Reich: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
J. S. Clark: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
A. T. Classen: The Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken, 15, 2100, København Ø, Denmark.
F. A. Dijkstra: Centre for Carbon, Water & Food, The University of Sydney
B. Elberling: Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
B. A. Emmett: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales
M. Estiarte: CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC, Cerdanyola del Vallès
S. D. Frey: University of New Hampshire
J. Guo: Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University
J. Harte: Energy & Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley
L. Jiang: University of Oklahoma
B. R. Johnson: University of Oregon
G. Kröel-Dulay: Institute of Ecology & Botany, Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia Centre for Ecological Research
K. S. Larsen: University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
H. Laudon: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umeå, Sweden.
J. M. Lavallee: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, 1499 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University
Y. Luo: University of Oklahoma
M. Lupascu: National University of Singapore
L. N. Ma: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation & Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
S. Marhan: Institute of Soil Science & Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim
A. Michelsen: Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
J. Mohan: Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
S. Niu: Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation & Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
E. Pendall: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
J. Peñuelas: CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC, Cerdanyola del Vallès
L. Pfeifer-Meister: Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon
C. Poll: Institute of Soil Science & Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim
S. Reinsch: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales
L. L. Reynolds: Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon
I. K. Schmidt: University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
S. Sistla: School of Natural Science, Hampshire College
N. W. Sokol: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland
P. H. Templer: Boston University
K. K. Treseder: University of California
J. M. Welker: University of Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA.
M. A. Bradford: Netherlands Institute of Ecology

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7631, 104-108

Abstract: A compilation of global soil carbon data from field experiments provides empirical evidence that warming-induced net losses of soil carbon could accelerate climate change.

Date: 2016
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