Carbon dioxide loss from tropical soils increases on warming

Eric A. Davidson ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 584, issue 7820, 198-199

Abstract: Plots of tropical forest soils were warmed by 4 °C for two years to observe the effects on soil carbon emissions. The increase in efflux of carbon dioxide was larger than expected — a result with worrying implications for climate change.

Keywords: Biogeochemistry; Environmental sciences; Ecology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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