Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation

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Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation. / Zhang, Wenmin; Schurgers, Guy; Peñuelas, Josep; Fensholt, Rasmus; Yang, Hui; Tang, Jing; Tong, Xiaowei; Ciais, Philippe; Brandt, Martin.

I: Nature Communications, Bind 14, Nr. 1, 965, 2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Zhang, W, Schurgers, G, Peñuelas, J, Fensholt, R, Yang, H, Tang, J, Tong, X, Ciais, P & Brandt, M 2023, 'Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation', Nature Communications, bind 14, nr. 1, 965. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36727-2

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Zhang, W., Schurgers, G., Peñuelas, J., Fensholt, R., Yang, H., Tang, J., Tong, X., Ciais, P., & Brandt, M. (2023). Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation. Nature Communications, 14(1), [965]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36727-2

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Zhang W, Schurgers G, Peñuelas J, Fensholt R, Yang H, Tang J o.a. Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation. Nature Communications. 2023;14(1). 965. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36727-2

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Zhang, Wenmin ; Schurgers, Guy ; Peñuelas, Josep ; Fensholt, Rasmus ; Yang, Hui ; Tang, Jing ; Tong, Xiaowei ; Ciais, Philippe ; Brandt, Martin. / Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation. I: Nature Communications. 2023 ; Bind 14, Nr. 1.

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abstract = "The atmospheric CO2 growth rate (CGR) variability is largely controlled by tropical temperature fluctuations. The sensitivity of CGR to tropical temperature [Formula: see text] has strongly increased since 1960, but here we show that this trend has ceased. Here, we use the long-term CO2 records from Mauna Loa and the South Pole to compute CGR, and show that [Formula: see text] increased by 200% from 1960-1979 to 1979-2000 but then decreased by 117% from 1980-2001 to 2001-2020, almost returning back to the level of the 1960s. Variations in [Formula: see text] are significantly correlated with changes in precipitation at a bi-decadal scale. These findings are further corroborated by results from a dynamic vegetation model, collectively suggesting that increases in precipitation control the decreased [Formula: see text] during recent decades. Our results indicate that wetter conditions have led to a decoupling of the impact of the tropical temperature variation on the carbon cycle.",
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AU - Zhang, Wenmin

AU - Schurgers, Guy

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AU - Yang, Hui

AU - Tang, Jing

AU - Tong, Xiaowei

AU - Ciais, Philippe

AU - Brandt, Martin

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N2 - The atmospheric CO2 growth rate (CGR) variability is largely controlled by tropical temperature fluctuations. The sensitivity of CGR to tropical temperature [Formula: see text] has strongly increased since 1960, but here we show that this trend has ceased. Here, we use the long-term CO2 records from Mauna Loa and the South Pole to compute CGR, and show that [Formula: see text] increased by 200% from 1960-1979 to 1979-2000 but then decreased by 117% from 1980-2001 to 2001-2020, almost returning back to the level of the 1960s. Variations in [Formula: see text] are significantly correlated with changes in precipitation at a bi-decadal scale. These findings are further corroborated by results from a dynamic vegetation model, collectively suggesting that increases in precipitation control the decreased [Formula: see text] during recent decades. Our results indicate that wetter conditions have led to a decoupling of the impact of the tropical temperature variation on the carbon cycle.

AB - The atmospheric CO2 growth rate (CGR) variability is largely controlled by tropical temperature fluctuations. The sensitivity of CGR to tropical temperature [Formula: see text] has strongly increased since 1960, but here we show that this trend has ceased. Here, we use the long-term CO2 records from Mauna Loa and the South Pole to compute CGR, and show that [Formula: see text] increased by 200% from 1960-1979 to 1979-2000 but then decreased by 117% from 1980-2001 to 2001-2020, almost returning back to the level of the 1960s. Variations in [Formula: see text] are significantly correlated with changes in precipitation at a bi-decadal scale. These findings are further corroborated by results from a dynamic vegetation model, collectively suggesting that increases in precipitation control the decreased [Formula: see text] during recent decades. Our results indicate that wetter conditions have led to a decoupling of the impact of the tropical temperature variation on the carbon cycle.

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