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 …

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 …

Beyond source and sink control–toward an integrated approach to understand the carbon balance in plants

A Gessler, R Zweifel - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A conceptual understanding on how the vegetation's carbon (C) balance is determined by
source activity and sink demand is important to predict its C uptake and sequestration …

We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States

KA Novick, TF Keenan, WRL Anderegg… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) have courted both enthusiastic support and
considerable controversy (1–8). Defined as deliberate human actions that manipulate …

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 …

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 …

Increasing atmospheric dryness reduces boreal forest tree growth

A Mirabel, MP Girardin, J Metsaranta, D Way… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rising atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) associated with climate change affects
boreal forest growth via stomatal closure and soil dryness. However, the relationship …

Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests

JA Hogan, GM Domke, K Zhu, DJ Johnson… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Forests are integral to the global land carbon sink, which has sequestered~ 30% of
anthropogenic carbon emissions over recent decades. The persistence of this sink depends …