Carbon dynamics in response to warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration in temperate forest and boreal peatland plant-soil systems

Abstract

Soils are highly significant to global efforts combating climate change, owing to their capacity to store three times the amount of carbon (C) present in the atmosphere. Concern has been raised over the stability of this vast soil C store as terrestrial ecosystems are already exposed to, and predicted to experience, a strong temperature increase that is likely to exceed 6 °C by the end of the century. An overarching concern is that future climate warming, a consequence of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration, has the potential to dest Show more