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Respiratory loss during late-growing season determines the net carbon dioxide sink in northern permafrost regions

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  • Zhihua Liu

    (University of Montana
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • John S. Kimball

    (University of Montana
    University of Montana)

  • Ashley P. Ballantyne

    (University of Montana
    Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Nicholas C. Parazoo

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Wen J. Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun)

  • Ana Bastos

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department of Biogeochemical Integration)

  • Nima Madani

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Susan M. Natali

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Jennifer D. Watts

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Brendan M. Rogers

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Kailiang Yu

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Anna-Maria Virkkala

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Frederic Chevallier

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Wouter Peters

    (Wageningen University and Research
    University, Centre for Isotope Research)

  • Prabir K. Patra

    (Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

  • Naveen Chandra

    (Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

Abstract

Warming of northern high latitude regions (NHL, > 50 °N) has increased both photosynthesis and respiration which results in considerable uncertainty regarding the net carbon dioxide (CO2) balance of NHL ecosystems. Using estimates constrained from atmospheric observations from 1980 to 2017, we find that the increasing trends of net CO2 uptake in the early-growing season are of similar magnitude across the tree cover gradient in the NHL. However, the trend of respiratory CO2 loss during late-growing season increases significantly with increasing tree cover, offsetting a larger fraction of photosynthetic CO2 uptake, and thus resulting in a slower rate of increasing annual net CO2 uptake in areas with higher tree cover, especially in central and southern boreal forest regions. The magnitude of this seasonal compensation effect explains the difference in net CO2 uptake trends along the NHL vegetation- permafrost gradient. Such seasonal compensation dynamics are not captured by dynamic global vegetation models, which simulate weaker respiration control on carbon exchange during the late-growing season, and thus calls into question projections of increasing net CO2 uptake as high latitude ecosystems respond to warming climate conditions.

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  • Zhihua Liu & John S. Kimball & Ashley P. Ballantyne & Nicholas C. Parazoo & Wen J. Wang & Ana Bastos & Nima Madani & Susan M. Natali & Jennifer D. Watts & Brendan M. Rogers & Philippe Ciais & Kailiang, 2022. "Respiratory loss during late-growing season determines the net carbon dioxide sink in northern permafrost regions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33293-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33293-x
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