River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

TJ Battin, R Lauerwald, ES Bernhardt, E Bertuzzo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

The land-to-ocean loops of the global carbon cycle

P Regnier, L Resplandy, RG Najjar, P Ciais - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon storage by the ocean and by the land is usually quantified separately, and does not
fully take into account the land-to-ocean transport of carbon through inland waters …

Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

G Rocher-Ros, EH Stanley, LC Loken, NJ Casson… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas and its concentrations have tripled in the
atmosphere since the industrial revolution. There is evidence that global warming has …

Map** global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

X Pi, Q Luo, L Feng, Y Xu, J Tang, X Liang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lakes are important natural resources and carbon gas emitters and are undergoing rapid
changes worldwide in response to climate change and human activities. A detailed global …

Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

Y Yang, Y Shi, W Sun, J Chang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Enhancing the terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (referred to as terrestrial C sink) is an
important way to slow down the continuous increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) …

The importance of hydrology in routing terrestrial carbon to the atmosphere via global streams and rivers

S Liu, C Kuhn, G Amatulli, K Aho, DE Butman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
The magnitude of stream and river carbon dioxide (CO2) emission is affected by seasonal
changes in watershed biogeochemistry and hydrology. Global estimates of this flux are …

Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions

J Zou, AD Ziegler, D Chen, G McNicol, P Ciais… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon and nitrogen losses from degraded wetlands and methane emissions from flooded
wetlands are both important sources of greenhouse gas emissions. However, the net …

River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling

T Maavara, Q Chen, K Van Meter, LE Brown… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The increased use of hydropower is currently driving the greatest surge in global dam
construction since the mid-20th century, meaning that most major rivers on Earth are now …

Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers

ES Bernhardt, P Savoy, MJ Vlah, AP Appling… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation drive much of the variation in
productivity across Earth's terrestrial ecosystems but do not explain variation in gross …

Molecular-level composition of dissolved organic matter in distinct trophic states in Chinese lakes: implications for eutrophic lake management and the global carbon …

S Liu, J Hou, C Suo, J Chen, X Liu, R Fu, F Wu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an abundant and mobile part of the aquatic environment
and plays important roles in aquatic biogeochemical cycles and the global carbon cycle …