Compensatory Water Effects Link Yearly Global Land CO2 Sink Changes to Temperature

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 541; no. 7638; pp. 516 - 520
• Main Authors: Jung, Martin, Reichstein, Markus, Tramontana, Gianluca, Viovy, Nicolas, Schwalm, Christopher R., Wang, Ying-Ping, Weber, Ulrich, Zaehle, Soenke, Zeng, Ning, Huntingford, Chris, Sitch, Stephen, Gans, Fabian, Ahlstroem, Anders, Arneth, Almut, Camps-Valls, Gustau, Ciais, Philippe, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Ichii, Kazuhito, Jain, Atul K., Kato, Etsushi, Papale, Dario, Poulter, Benjamin, Raduly, Botond, Roedenbeck, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Goddard Space Flight Center Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature 26.01.2017; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/705/1046; 704/47/4113; Algorithms; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Compensation; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Environmental Sciences; Geophysics; Humanities and Social Sciences; letter; multidisciplinary; Photosynthesis; Physics; Respiration; Science; Simulation; Temperature effects; Water availability; Water-supply

Large interannual variations in the measured growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) originate primarily from fluctuations in carbon uptake by land ecosystems13. It remains uncertain, however, to what extent temperature and water availability control the carbon balance of land ecosystems acr...