Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom

EP Kantzas, M Val Martin, MR Lomas, RM Eufrasio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Achieving national targets for net-zero carbon emissions will require atmospheric carbon
dioxide removal strategies compatible with rising agricultural production. One possible …

Trends in atmospheric methane concentrations since 1990 were driven and modified by anthropogenic emissions

RB Skeie, Ø Hodnebrog, G Myhre - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The atmospheric methane trend is not fully understood. Here we investigate the role of the
main sink, the main natural source, and anthropogenic emissions on the methane growth …

Organo–organic and organo–mineral interfaces in soil at the nanometer scale

AR Possinger, MJ Zachman, A Enders… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The capacity of soil as a carbon (C) sink is mediated by interactions between organic matter
and mineral phases. However, previously proposed layered accumulation of organic matter …

Parameterizations of snow cover, snow albedo and snow density in land surface models: a comparative review

WY Lee, HJ Gim, SK Park - Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Snow plays a vital role in the interaction between land and atmosphere in the state-of-the-art
land surface models (LSMs) and the real world. While snow plays a crucial role as a …

Contrasting impacts of forests on cloud cover based on satellite observations

R Xu, Y Li, AJ Teuling, L Zhao, DV Spracklen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Forests play a pivotal role in regulating climate and sustaining the hydrological cycle. The
biophysical impacts of forests on clouds, however, remain unclear. Here, we use satellite …

Biophysical impacts of Earth greening largely controlled by aerodynamic resistance

C Chen, D Li, Y Li, S Piao, X Wang, M Huang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Satellite observations show widespread increasing trends of leaf area index (LAI), known as
the Earth greening. However, the biophysical impacts of this greening on land surface …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the performance of CMIP6 Earth system models in simulating global vegetation structure and distribution

X Song, DY Wang, F Li, XD Zeng - Advances in Climate Change Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of vegetation structure and distribution simulations in Earth system
models (ESMs) is the basis for understanding historical reconstruction and future projection …

SNICAR-AD v3: A community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo

MG Flanner, J Arnheim, JM Cook… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model has been used in various capacities
over the last 15 years to model the spectral albedo of snow with light-absorbing constituents …

Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic

Y Oh, Q Zhuang, L Liu, LR Welp, MCY Lau… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Methane emissions from organic-rich soils in the Arctic have been extensively studied due to
their potential to increase the atmospheric methane burden as permafrost thaws,–. However …

Enhanced future vegetation growth with elevated carbon dioxide concentrations could increase fire activity

RJ Allen, J Gomez, LW Horowitz… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Many regions of the planet have experienced an increase in fire activity in recent decades.
Although such increases are consistent with warming and drying under continued climate …