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  • What is the feedback of ecosystems and in particular soils to changing climate?

    Posted on September 1st, 2009 Submitted by mreichstein
    Categorized as Biodiversity, Earth System Tagged as carbon, ecosystems, feedbacks, soil, soil-carbon processes

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    Current models vastly disagree on the fate on the current terrestrial carbon sink, leading to large uncertainties regarding climate-carbon cycle feedback? Recent research indicates that soils contain more than 4 times as much carbon as the atmosphere (>3000 Pg), and soil carbon processes are clearly understudied.



 

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