Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · UNSW Sydney · +52 more institutions
Abstract
Summary Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO 2 ]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential to increase plant growth, vegetation biomass, and soil organic matter; transferring carbon from the atmosphere into terrestrial ecosystems (a carbon sink). A substantial global terrestrial carbon sink would slow the rate of [CO 2 ] increase and thus climate change. However, ecosystem CO 2 responses are complex or confounded by concurrent changes in multiple agents of global change and evidence for a [CO 2 ]‐driven terrestrial carbon sink can appear contradictory. Here we synthesize theory and broad, multidisciplinary…
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62Topics & keywords
- Library science
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Atmospheric research
- Biogeosciences
- Archaeology
- Geography
- Geology
- Meteorology
- Clean water and sanitation
Funding
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- SISmithsonian Institution
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- CICalifornia Institute of Technology
- KFKempe Foundation
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- UGU.S. Geological SurveyAward: DE-AC52-07NA27344
- NINational Institute of Food and AgricultureAward: 2018-67012-31496
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- JPJet Propulsion Laboratory
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- BABiological and Environmental ResearchAwards: 05CH11231, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC52-07NA27344, 00OR22725, DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- LDLaboratory Directed Research and DevelopmentAwards: DE-AC52-07NA27344, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC02-05CH11231
- LLLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAwards: 20-ERD-055, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC52-07NA27344
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