Global climate is changing faster than humankind has ever experienced. Model-based
predictions of future climate are becoming more complex and precise, but they still lack …

Global dryland areas are expanding due to climate change, and this expansion is
accompanied by an increased frequency and intensity of drought occurrences. The degree …

Soil microorganisms control the fate of soil organic carbon. Warming may accelerate their
activities putting large carbon stocks at risk of decomposition. Existing knowledge about …

Peatlands are an important carbon (C) reservoir storing one-third of global soil organic
carbon (SOC), but little is known about the fate of these C stocks under climate change …

Global climate warming may induce a positive feedback through increasing soil carbon (C)
release to the atmosphere. Although warming can affect both C input to and output from soil …

Knowledge about changes in plant functional traits is valuable for the mechanistic
understanding of warming effects on ecosystem functions. However, observations have …

Whether and how warming alters functional traits of absorptive plant roots remains to be
answered across the globe. Tackling this question is crucial to better understanding …

Climate change is resha** global vegetation through its impacts on plant mortality, but
recruitment creates the next generation of plants and will determine the structure and …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is critical for soil carbon sequestration in terrestrial
ecosystems. DOM molecular composition varies with soil depth. However, the spatial …

Warming shifts the thermal optimum of net photosynthesis (T optA) to higher temperatures.
However, our knowledge of this shift is mainly derived from seedlings grown in greenhouses …