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Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems

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  • Craig R. See

    (Northern Arizona University)

  • Anna-Maria Virkkala

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Susan M. Natali

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Brendan M. Rogers

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Marguerite Mauritz

    (University of Texas El Paso)

  • Christina Biasi

    (University of Innsbruck
    University of Eastern Finland)

  • Stef Bokhorst

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Julia Boike

    (Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
    Humbold Universität zu Berlin)

  • M. Syndonia Bret-Harte

    (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • Gerardo Celis

    (University of Arkansas)

  • Namyi Chae

    (Korea University)

  • Torben R. Christensen

    (Aarhus University
    Oulu University)

  • Sara June Murner (Connon)

    (Green Seal Environmental LLC)

  • Sigrid Dengel

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Han Dolman

    (Royal Netherlands Institute for sea Research
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Colin W. Edgar

    (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • Bo Elberling

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Craig A. Emmerton

    (University of Alberta)

  • Eugénie S. Euskirchen

    (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • Mathias Göckede

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Achim Grelle

    (Linnaeus University)

  • Liam Heffernan

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Manuel Helbig

    (Dalhousie University
    Université de Montréal
    GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience)

  • David Holl

    (Universität Hamburg
    Universität Hamburg)

  • Elyn Humphreys

    (Carleton University)

  • Hiroki Iwata

    (Shinshu University)

  • Järvi Järveoja

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Hideki Kobayashi

    (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

  • John Kochendorfer

    (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • Pasi Kolari

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Ayumi Kotani

    (Nagoya University)

  • Lars Kutzbach

    (Universität Hamburg
    Universität Hamburg)

  • Min Jung Kwon

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
    Universität Hamburg)

  • Emma R. Lathrop

    (Northern Arizona University)

  • Efrén López-Blanco

    (Aarhus University
    Greenland Institute for Natural Resources)

  • Ivan Mammarella

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Maija E. Marushchak

    (University of Eastern Finland)

  • Mikhail Mastepanov

    (Aarhus University
    Oulu University)

  • Yojiro Matsuura

    (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)

  • Lutz Merbold

    (Agroscope)

  • Gesa Meyer

    (Université de Montréal
    Environment and Climate Change Canada)

  • Christina Minions

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Mats B. Nilsson

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Julia Nojeim

    (Yale Center for Business and the Environment)

  • Steven F. Oberbauer

    (Florida International University)

  • David Olefeldt

    (University of Alberta)

  • Sang-Jong Park

    (Korea Polar Research Institute)

  • Frans-Jan W. Parmentier

    (University of Oslo)

  • Matthias Peichl

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Darcy Peter

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center
    Alaska Conservation Foundation)

  • Roman Petrov

    (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Rafael Poyatos

    (CREAF
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Anatoly S. Prokushkin

    (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • William Quinton

    (Wilfrid Laurier University)

  • Heidi Rodenhizer

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Torsten Sachs

    (GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience
    Technische Universität Braunschweig)

  • Kathleen Savage

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Christopher Schulze

    (Université de Montréal
    University of Alberta)

  • Sofie Sjögersten

    (University of Nottingham)

  • Oliver Sonnentag

    (Université de Montréal)

  • Vincent L. Louis

    (University of Alberta)

  • Margaret S. Torn

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

    (University of Eastern Finland)

  • Masahito Ueyama

    (Osaka Metropolitan University)

  • Andrej Varlagin

    (Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Carolina Voigt

    (University of Eastern Finland
    Universität Hamburg)

  • Jennifer D. Watts

    (Woodwell Climate Research Center)

  • Donatella Zona

    (San Diego State University)

  • Viacheslav I. Zyryanov

    (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Edward A. G. Schuur

    (Northern Arizona University)

Abstract

Tundra and boreal ecosystems encompass the northern circumpolar permafrost region and are experiencing rapid environmental change with important implications for the global carbon (C) budget. We analysed multi-decadal time series containing 302 annual estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) flux across 70 permafrost and non-permafrost ecosystems, and 672 estimates of summer CO2 flux across 181 ecosystems. We find an increase in the annual CO2 sink across non-permafrost ecosystems but not permafrost ecosystems, despite similar increases in summer uptake. Thus, recent non-growing-season CO2 losses have substantially impacted the CO2 balance of permafrost ecosystems. Furthermore, analysis of interannual variability reveals warmer summers amplify the C cycle (increase productivity and respiration) at putatively nitrogen-limited sites and at sites less reliant on summer precipitation for water use. Our findings suggest that water and nutrient availability will be important predictors of the C-cycle response of these ecosystems to future warming.

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  • Craig R. See & Anna-Maria Virkkala & Susan M. Natali & Brendan M. Rogers & Marguerite Mauritz & Christina Biasi & Stef Bokhorst & Julia Boike & M. Syndonia Bret-Harte & Gerardo Celis & Namyi Chae & To, 2024. "Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 14(8), pages 853-862, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:14:y:2024:i:8:d:10.1038_s41558-024-02057-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02057-4
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