Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink

S Ruehr, TF Keenan, C Williams, Y Zhou, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change has been partially mitigated by an increasing net land carbon sink in the
terrestrial biosphere; understanding the processes that drive this sink is thus essential for …

The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems

KA Novick, DL Ficklin, C Grossiord… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An exponential rise in the atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is among the most
consequential impacts of climate change in terrestrial ecosystems. Rising VPD has negative …

Warm springs alter timing but not total growth of temperate deciduous trees

C Dow, AY Kim, L D'Orangeville, EB Gonzalez-Akre… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
As the climate changes, warmer spring temperatures are causing earlier leaf-out,–and
commencement of CO2 uptake, in temperate deciduous forests, resulting in a tendency …

Enhanced causal effect of ecosystem photosynthesis on respiration during heatwaves

J **, E Cui, Y Du, N Wei, J Zhou, J Wang, S Niu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Because of global warming, Earth's ecosystems have been experiencing more frequent and
severe heatwaves. Heatwaves are expected to tip terrestrial carbon sequestration by …

Uncertainty in US forest carbon storage potential due to climate risks

C Wu, SR Coffield, ML Goulden, JT Randerson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Forests have considerable potential to mitigate anthropogenic climate change through
carbon sequestration, as well as provide society with substantial co-benefits. However …

The limits of forest carbon sequestration

JK Green, TF Keenan - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although nations are grappling with reducing carbon emissions to minimize climate change
risks, they actually need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere if the goal is to keep …

Grassland carbon-water cycling is minimally impacted by a photovoltaic array

SA Kannenberg, MA Sturchio, MD Venturas… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Agrivoltaic systems, whereby photovoltaic arrays are co-located with crop or forage
production, can alleviate the tension between expanding solar development and loss of …

Local surface cooling from afforestation amplified by lower aerosol pollution

J Ge, X Huang, B Zan, B Qiu, Y Cao, W Guo - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Afforestation can play a key role in local climate mitigation by influencing local temperature
through changes in land surface properties. Afforestation impacts depend strongly on the …

Daytime stomatal regulation in mature temperate trees prioritizes stem rehydration at night

RL Peters, K Steppe, C Pappas, R Zweifel… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trees remain sufficiently hydrated during drought by closing stomata and reducing canopy
conductance (G c) in response to variations in atmospheric water demand and soil water …

The effect of carbon fertilization on naturally regenerated and planted US forests

EC Davis, B Sohngen, DJ Lewis - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Over the last half century in the United States, the per-hectare volume of wood in trees has
increased, but it is not clear whether this increase has been driven by forest management …