When forests hold their breath: will increasing drought further disrupt carbon sequestration?

The 2020–2021 record drought in Taiwan halted carbon sequestration in its predominantly evergreen subtropical forests. The analysis uncovers a significant correlation between net ecosystem exchange, radiative factors, groundwater levels, and wildfires, indicating that the severity of droughts leads...

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Published inEnvironmental research letters Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 31002 - 31006
Main Authors Chen, Yi-Ying, Simon Wang, S-Y, Yu, Hong-Wen, Liu, Wan-Yu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2024
Subjects
Carbon
Carbon sequestration
climate
Coniferous forests
Drought
forests
Groundwater
Groundwater levels
Tropical forests
warming
Wildfires
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Summary:The 2020–2021 record drought in Taiwan halted carbon sequestration in its predominantly evergreen subtropical forests. The analysis uncovers a significant correlation between net ecosystem exchange, radiative factors, groundwater levels, and wildfires, indicating that the severity of droughts leads to a shift from carbon absorption to emission in these forests, thereby inviting a broader examination of the climate–carbon nexus in future scenarios.
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ISSN:1748-9326
1748-9326
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ad27ba