A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 591; no. 7851; pp. 599 - 603
• Main Authors: Terrer, C., Phillips, R. P., Hungate, B. A., Rosende, J., Pett-Ridge, J., Craig, M. E., van Groenigen, K. J., Keenan, T. F., Sulman, B. N., Stocker, B. D., Reich, P. B., Pellegrini, A. F. A., Pendall, E., Zhang, H., Evans, R. D., Carrillo, Y., Fisher, J. B., Van Sundert, K., Vicca, Sara, Jackson, R. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/2165; 631/158/2445; 704/106/694; 704/158/2165; Atmospheric models; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide atmospheric concentrations; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; climate change; climate-change ecology; ecosystem ecology; Ecosystem models; Environment models; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Experiments; Forest ecosystems; Forests; Fungi; Grasses; Grasslands; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Nutrients; Organic carbon; Plant biomass; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil nutrients; Soils; Terrestrial ecosystems; Tradeoffs

Terrestrial ecosystems remove about 30 per cent of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emitted by human activities each year 1 , yet the persistence of this carbon sink depends partly on how plant biomass and soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks respond to future increases in atmospheric CO 2 (refs. 2 , 3 ). Alt...