Warmer soils release additional CO2 into atmosphere; Effect stabilizes over longer term
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
Warmer temperatures due to climate change could cause soils to release additional carbon into the atmosphere, thereby enhancing climate change – but that effect diminishes over the long term, finds a new study. The study sheds new light on how soil microorganisms respond to temperature and could improve predictions of how climate warming will affect the carbon dioxide flux from soils.