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Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming

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  • Kai Xue

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
    Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Mengting M. Yuan

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Zhou J. Shi

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Yujia Qin

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Ye Deng

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma
    Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lei Cheng

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma
    College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Liyou Wu

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Zhili He

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Joy D. Van Nostrand

    (Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma)

  • Rosvel Bracho

    (University of Florida)

  • Susan Natali

    (Woods Hole Research Center)

  • Edward. A. G. Schuur

    (University of Florida
    Center for Ecosystem Sciences and Society, Northern Arizona University)

  • Chengwei Luo

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Qiong Wang

    (Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University)

  • James R. Cole

    (Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University)

  • James M. Tiedje

    (Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University)

  • Yiqi Luo

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Jizhong Zhou

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
    Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma
    Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Abstract

Release of carbon previously locked in permafrost is a potentially important positive climate feedback. Now metagenomics reveal the vulnerability of active-layer soil carbon to warming-induced microbial decomposition in Alaskan tundra.

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  • Kai Xue & Mengting M. Yuan & Zhou J. Shi & Yujia Qin & Ye Deng & Lei Cheng & Liyou Wu & Zhili He & Joy D. Van Nostrand & Rosvel Bracho & Susan Natali & Edward. A. G. Schuur & Chengwei Luo & Konstantin, 2016. "Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(6), pages 595-600, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2940
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2940
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    1. Pavlos Avramidis & Vlasoula Bekiari, 2021. "Application of a catalytic oxidation method for the simultaneous determination of total organic carbon and total nitrogen in marine sediments and soils," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-14, June.
    2. Xuanyu Tao & Zhifeng Yang & Jiajie Feng & Siyang Jian & Yunfeng Yang & Colin T. Bates & Gangsheng Wang & Xue Guo & Daliang Ning & Megan L. Kempher & Xiao Jun A. Liu & Yang Ouyang & Shun Han & Linwei W, 2024. "Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Yanyu Song & Changchun Song & Jiusheng Ren & Xiuyan Ma & Wenwen Tan & Xianwei Wang & Jinli Gao & Aixin Hou, 2019. "Short-Term Response of the Soil Microbial Abundances and Enzyme Activities to Experimental Warming in a Boreal Peatland in Northeast China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-16, January.
    4. Shuqi Qin & Dianye Zhang & Bin Wei & Yuanhe Yang, 2024. "Dual roles of microbes in mediating soil carbon dynamics in response to warming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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