Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Non-technical abstract Individual organisms on land and in the ocean sequester massive amounts of the carbon emitted into the atmosphere by humans. Yet the role of ecosystems as a whole in modulating this uptake of carbon is less clear. Here, we study several different mechanisms by which climate change and ecosystems could interact. We show that climate change could cause changes in ecosystems that reduce their capacity to take up carbon, further accelerating climate change. More research on – and better governance of – interactions between climate change and ecosystems is urgently required.
Source: Global Sustainability
DOI: 10.1017/sus.2019.18
Institutions: Australian National University, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Arizona State University, Universität Hamburg, Leibniz Association, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, University of Copenhagen
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid:
Awards: G4530125811, Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society, Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene (ERA) Integrating non-linear biophysical and social determinants of Earth-system stability for global sustainability through a novel community modelling platform, G8760805424
OpenAlex ID: W2987043551