volume 9 issue 11 pages 852-857

Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

Susan M. Natali 1
Jennifer D. Watts 1
Brendan M Rogers 1
Stefano Potter 1
Sarah M Ludwig 1
Anne Katrin Selbmann 2
Patrick F. Sullivan 3
Tingjun Zhang 4
Kyle A Arndt 5
Leah Birch 1
Mats P. Björkman 6
A. Anthony Bloom 7
Gerardo Celis 8
Torben Christensen 9
Casper Tai Christiansen 10
R. Commane 11
Elisabeth Cooper 12
Patrick Crill 13
Claudia I. Czimczik 14
Sergey Davydov 15
Jinyang Du 16
Jocelyn E. Egan 17
Bo Elberling 18
Eugénie S. Euskirchen 19
Thomas Friborg 20
Hélène Genet 19
Mathias Göckede 21
Jordan P. Goodrich 5, 22
Paul Grogan 23
Manuel Helbig 24, 25
E. E. Jafarov 26
Julie D. Jastrow 27
Aram A M Kalhori 5
Yong-Won Kim 28
John S. Kimball 16
Lars Kutzbach 29
Mark J. Lara 30
KLAUS R. LARSEN 20
Bang Yong Lee 31
Zhihua Liu 32
Michael M. Loranty 33
M. Lund 9
Massimo Lupascu 34
Nima Madani 7
Avni Malhotra 35
Roser Matamala 27
Jack Mcfarland 36
A.David McGuire 19
Anders Michelsen 37
Christina Minions 1
Walter C. Oechel 5, 38
David Olefeldt 39
Frans Parmentier 40, 41
Norbert Pirk 40, 41
William Quinton 43
Fereidoun Rezanezhad 44
D. Risk 45
Torsten Sachs 46
Kevin Schaefer 47
Niels Martin Schmidt 9
Edward A.G Schuur 8
Philipp R. Semenchuk 48
Gaius Shaver 49
Oliver Sonnentag 25
Gregory Starr 50
Claire C. Treat 51
Mark P Waldrop 36
Yihui Wang 5
Jeffrey Welker 52, 53
Christian Wille 46
Xiaofeng Xu 5
Zhen Zhang 54
Qiu-Lin Zhuang 55
Donatella Zona 5, 56
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Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, USA
24
 
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, USA
33
 
Department of Geography, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA
49
 
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2019-10-21
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR8.046
CiteScore42.2
Impact factor27.1
ISSN1758678X, 17586798
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Abstract
Recent warming in the Arctic, which has been amplified during the winter1–3, greatly enhances microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and subsequent release of carbon dioxide (CO2)4. However, the amount of CO2 released in winter is not known and has not been well represented by ecosystem models or empirically based estimates5,6. Here we synthesize regional in situ observations of CO2 flux from Arctic and boreal soils to assess current and future winter carbon losses from the northern permafrost domain. We estimate a contemporary loss of 1,662 TgC per year from the permafrost region during the winter season (October–April). This loss is greater than the average growing season carbon uptake for this region estimated from process models (−1,032 TgC per year). Extending model predictions to warmer conditions up to 2100 indicates that winter CO2 emissions will increase 17% under a moderate mitigation scenario—Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5—and 41% under business-as-usual emissions scenario—Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5. Our results provide a baseline for winter CO2 emissions from northern terrestrial regions and indicate that enhanced soil CO2 loss due to winter warming may offset growing season carbon uptake under future climatic conditions. Winter warming in the Arctic will increase the CO2 flux from soils. A pan-Arctic analysis shows a current loss of 1,662 TgC per year over the winter, exceeding estimated carbon uptake in the growing season; projections suggest a 17% increase under RCP 4.5 and a 41% increase under RCP 8.5 by 2100.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8
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TI - Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region
T2 - Nature Climate Change
AU - Natali, Susan M.
AU - Watts, Jennifer D.
AU - Rogers, Brendan M
AU - Potter, Stefano
AU - Ludwig, Sarah M
AU - Selbmann, Anne Katrin
AU - Sullivan, Patrick F.
AU - Zhang, Tingjun
AU - Arndt, Kyle A
AU - Birch, Leah
AU - Björkman, Mats P.
AU - Bloom, A. Anthony
AU - Celis, Gerardo
AU - Christensen, Torben
AU - Christiansen, Casper Tai
AU - Commane, R.
AU - Cooper, Elisabeth
AU - Crill, Patrick
AU - Czimczik, Claudia I.
AU - Davydov, Sergey
AU - Du, Jinyang
AU - Egan, Jocelyn E.
AU - Elberling, Bo
AU - Euskirchen, Eugénie S.
AU - Friborg, Thomas
AU - Genet, Hélène
AU - Göckede, Mathias
AU - Goodrich, Jordan P.
AU - Grogan, Paul
AU - Helbig, Manuel
AU - Jafarov, E. E.
AU - Jastrow, Julie D.
AU - Kalhori, Aram A M
AU - Kim, Yong-Won
AU - Kimball, John S.
AU - Kutzbach, Lars
AU - Lara, Mark J.
AU - LARSEN, KLAUS R.
AU - Lee, Bang Yong
AU - Liu, Zhihua
AU - Loranty, Michael M.
AU - Lund, M.
AU - Lupascu, Massimo
AU - Madani, Nima
AU - Malhotra, Avni
AU - Matamala, Roser
AU - Mcfarland, Jack
AU - McGuire, A.David
AU - Michelsen, Anders
AU - Minions, Christina
AU - Oechel, Walter C.
AU - Olefeldt, David
AU - Parmentier, Frans
AU - Pirk, Norbert
AU - Poulter, Benjamin
AU - Quinton, William
AU - Rezanezhad, Fereidoun
AU - Risk, D.
AU - Sachs, Torsten
AU - Schaefer, Kevin
AU - Schmidt, Niels Martin
AU - Schuur, Edward A.G
AU - Semenchuk, Philipp R.
AU - Shaver, Gaius
AU - Sonnentag, Oliver
AU - Starr, Gregory
AU - Treat, Claire C.
AU - Waldrop, Mark P
AU - Wang, Yihui
AU - Welker, Jeffrey
AU - Wille, Christian
AU - Xu, Xiaofeng
AU - Zhang, Zhen
AU - Zhuang, Qiu-Lin
AU - Zona, Donatella
PY - 2019
DA - 2019/10/21
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 852-857
IS - 11
VL - 9
PMID - 35069807
SN - 1758-678X
SN - 1758-6798
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@article{2019_Natali,
author = {Susan M. Natali and Jennifer D. Watts and Brendan M Rogers and Stefano Potter and Sarah M Ludwig and Anne Katrin Selbmann and Patrick F. Sullivan and Tingjun Zhang and Kyle A Arndt and Leah Birch and Mats P. Björkman and A. Anthony Bloom and Gerardo Celis and Torben Christensen and Casper Tai Christiansen and R. Commane and Elisabeth Cooper and Patrick Crill and Claudia I. Czimczik and Sergey Davydov and Jinyang Du and Jocelyn E. Egan and Bo Elberling and Eugénie S. Euskirchen and Thomas Friborg and Hélène Genet and Mathias Göckede and Jordan P. Goodrich and Paul Grogan and Manuel Helbig and E. E. Jafarov and Julie D. Jastrow and Aram A M Kalhori and Yong-Won Kim and John S. Kimball and Lars Kutzbach and Mark J. Lara and KLAUS R. LARSEN and Bang Yong Lee and Zhihua Liu and Michael M. Loranty and M. Lund and Massimo Lupascu and Nima Madani and Avni Malhotra and Roser Matamala and Jack Mcfarland and A.David McGuire and Anders Michelsen and Christina Minions and others},
title = {Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region},
journal = {Nature Climate Change},
year = {2019},
volume = {9},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8},
number = {11},
pages = {852--857},
doi = {10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8}
}
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Natali, Susan M., et al. “Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 9, no. 11, Oct. 2019, pp. 852-857. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8.