Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · +19 more institutions
Abstract
Carbon Cycle and Climate Change As climate change accelerates, it is important to know the likely impact of climate change on the carbon cycle (see the Perspective by Reich ). Gross primary production (GPP) is a measure of the amount of CO 2 removed from the atmosphere every year to fuel photosynthesis. Beer et al. (p. 834 , published online 5 July) used a combination of observation and calculation to estimate that the total GPP by terrestrial plants is around 122 billion tons per year; in comparison, burning fossil fuels emits about 7 billion tons annually. Thirty-two percent of this uptake occurs in tropical forests, and precipitation controls carbon uptake in more than 40% of vegetated land. The temperature…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 76.30
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 40
Authors
24- CBChristian BeerCorresponding
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- MRMarkus Reichstein
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- ETEnrico Tomelleri
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- PCPhilippe Ciais
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
- MJMartin Jung
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Topics & keywords
- Eddy covariance
- Biosphere
- Environmental science
- Primary production
- Carbon cycle
- Biosphere model
- Atmospheric sciences
- Climatology
- Climate action