Five years of whole-soil warming led to loss of subsoil carbon stocks and increased CO <sub>2</sub> efflux
Jennifer L. Soong, Cristina Castanha, Caitlin Hicks Pries, Nicholas O. E. Ofiti, Rachel Porras, W. J. Riley, Michael W. Schmidt, Margaret Torn
Abstract
effluxes alone. The high sensitivity of subsoil carbon and the different responses of soil organic matter pools suggest that models must represent these heterogeneous soil dynamics to accurately predict future feedbacks to warming.
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SubsoilEnvironmental scienceSoil waterSoil carbonCarbon stockCarbon fibersGlobal warmingClimate changeEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental protectionSoil scienceAgroforestryEcologyChemistryBiologyMaterials scienceComposite numberComposite materialSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsClimate change and permafrostPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology