Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

RG Hilton, AJ West - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mountain building results in high erosion rates and the interaction of rocks with the
atmosphere, water and life. Carbon transfers that result from increased erosion could control …

Methane feedbacks to the global climate system in a warmer world

JF Dean, JJ Middelburg, T Röckmann… - Reviews of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is produced in many natural systems that are vulnerable to change under a
warming climate, yet current CH4 budgets, as well as future shifts in CH4 emissions, have …

Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion

J Terhaar, R Lauerwald, P Regnier, N Gruber… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Net primary production (NPP) is the foundation of the oceans' ecosystems and the fisheries
they support. In the Arctic Ocean, NPP is controlled by a complex interplay of light and …

Increase in Arctic coastal erosion and its sensitivity to warming in the twenty-first century

DM Nielsen, P Pieper, A Barkhordarian… - Nature Climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Arctic coastal erosion damages infrastructure, threatens coastal communities and releases
organic carbon from permafrost. However, the magnitude, timing and sensitivity of coastal …

The global turbidity current pump and its implications for organic carbon cycling

PJ Talling, S Hage, ML Baker, TS Bianchi… - Annual Review of …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
Submarine turbidity currents form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth, raising the
question of their role in global carbon cycles. It was previously inferred that terrestrial …

Global carbon export from the terrestrial biosphere controlled by erosion

V Galy, B Peucker-Ehrenbrink, T Eglinton - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
Riverine export of particulate organic carbon (POC) to the ocean affects the atmospheric
carbon inventory over a broad range of timescales,,,,. On geological timescales, the balance …

Fluvial organic carbon cycling regulated by sediment transit time and mineral protection

M Repasch, JS Scheingross, N Hovius, M Lupker… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Rivers transfer terrestrial organic carbon (OC) from mountains to ocean basins, playing a
key role in the global carbon cycle. During fluvial transit, OC may be oxidized and emitted to …

Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle

JL Wadham, JR Hawkings, L Tarasov… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The cycling of carbon on Earth exerts a fundamental influence upon the greenhouse gas
content of the atmosphere, and hence global climate over millennia. Until recently, ice …

Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen export from major Arctic rivers

JW McClelland, RM Holmes… - Global …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Northern rivers connect a land area of approximately 20.5 million km2 to the Arctic Ocean
and surrounding seas. These rivers account for~ 10% of global river discharge and transport …

An integrative conceptualization of floodplain storage

E Wohl - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Floodplains perform diverse functions, including attenuation of fluxes of water, solutes, and
particulate material. Critical details of floodplain storage including magnitude, duration, and …