volume 229 issue 5 pages 2413-2445

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2

Anthony Walker 1
Martin G. De Kauwe 2, 3, 4
Ana Bastos 5
Soumaya Belmecheri 6
Katerina Georgiou 7
Sean McMahon 9
Belinda E. Medlyn 10
David J P Moore 11
Richard J. Norby 1
Sönke Zaehle 12
Kristina Anderson-Teixeira 13, 14
Giovanna Battipaglia 15
R. Brienen 16
Kristine Grace Cabugao 1
Maxime Cailleret 17, 18
Elliott H. Campbell 19
Josep G. Canadell 20
Philippe Ciais 21
Matthew E Craig 1
David S Ellsworth 10
G.D Farquhar 22
Simone Fatichi 23, 24
Joshua Joshua B. Fisher 25
David C Frank 6
H. D. Graven 26
Lianhong Gu 1
Vanessa Haverd 20
Kelly Heilman 6
M. Heimann 12
Colleen M. Iversen 1
Fortunat Joos 28
Mingkai Jiang 10
Trevor Keenan 29, 30
J.B Knauer 20
Christian Körner 31
Victor O Leshyk 27
Sebastian Leuzinger 32
Yao Liu 1
N. MacBean 33
Yadvinder Malhi 34
Tim R. McVicar 35, 36
Josep Peñuelas 37, 38
Julia Pongratz 5, 39
A Shafer Powell 1
T. Riutta 34
Manon E B Sabot 2, 3, 4
Juergen Schleucher 40
Stephen Sitch 41
William K. Smith 11
B. N. Sulman 1
Benton N Taylor 9
César Terrer 42
M. S. Torn 30
Kathleen K. Treseder 43
Anna T. Trugman 44
Susan Trumbore 12
Phillip van Mantgem 45
Steven L Voelker 46
Mary Anne Whelan 47
Pieter A. Zuidema 48
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater MD 21037 USA
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School of Natural Resources and the Environment 1064 East Lowell Street Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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Conservation Ecology Center Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute MRC 5535 Front Royal VA 22630 USA
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Center for Tropical Forest Science‐Forest Global Earth Observatory Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama City Panama
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Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies Università della Campania Caserta 81100 Italy
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Department of Geography 1832 Ellison Hall Santa Barbara CA 93016 USA
45
 
U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Arcata CA 95521 USA
46
 
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse NY 13210 USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-10-21
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR3.293
CiteScore17.5
Impact factor8.1
ISSN0028646X, 14698137
PubMed ID:  32789857
Plant Science
Physiology
Abstract
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2 ]) is increasing, which increases leaf-scale photosynthesis and intrinsic water-use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential to increase plant growth, vegetation biomass, and soil organic matter; transferring carbon from the atmosphere into terrestrial ecosystems (a carbon sink). A substantial global terrestrial carbon sink would slow the rate of [CO2 ] increase and thus climate change. However, ecosystem CO2 responses are complex or confounded by concurrent changes in multiple agents of global change and evidence for a [CO2 ]-driven terrestrial carbon sink can appear contradictory. Here we synthesize theory and broad, multidisciplinary evidence for the effects of increasing [CO2 ] (iCO2 ) on the global terrestrial carbon sink. Evidence suggests a substantial increase in global photosynthesis since pre-industrial times. Established theory, supported by experiments, indicates that iCO2 is likely responsible for about half of the increase. Global carbon budgeting, atmospheric data, and forest inventories indicate a historical carbon sink, and these apparent iCO2 responses are high in comparison to experiments and predictions from theory. Plant mortality and soil carbon iCO2 responses are highly uncertain. In conclusion, a range of evidence supports a positive terrestrial carbon sink in response to iCO2 , albeit with uncertain magnitude and strong suggestion of a role for additional agents of global change.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1111/nph.16866
UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16866
TI - Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2
T2 - New Phytologist
AU - Walker, Anthony
AU - De Kauwe, Martin G.
AU - Bastos, Ana
AU - Belmecheri, Soumaya
AU - Georgiou, Katerina
AU - Keeling, Ralph F.
AU - McMahon, Sean
AU - Medlyn, Belinda E.
AU - Moore, David J P
AU - Norby, Richard J.
AU - Zaehle, Sönke
AU - Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina
AU - Battipaglia, Giovanna
AU - Brienen, R.
AU - Cabugao, Kristine Grace
AU - Cailleret, Maxime
AU - Campbell, Elliott H.
AU - Canadell, Josep G.
AU - Ciais, Philippe
AU - Craig, Matthew E
AU - Ellsworth, David S
AU - Farquhar, G.D
AU - Fatichi, Simone
AU - Joshua B. Fisher, Joshua
AU - Frank, David C
AU - Graven, H. D.
AU - Gu, Lianhong
AU - Haverd, Vanessa
AU - Heilman, Kelly
AU - Heimann, M.
AU - Hungate, Bruce A.
AU - Iversen, Colleen M.
AU - Joos, Fortunat
AU - Jiang, Mingkai
AU - Keenan, Trevor
AU - Knauer, J.B
AU - Körner, Christian
AU - Leshyk, Victor O
AU - Leuzinger, Sebastian
AU - Liu, Yao
AU - MacBean, N.
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
AU - McVicar, Tim R.
AU - Peñuelas, Josep
AU - Pongratz, Julia
AU - Powell, A Shafer
AU - Riutta, T.
AU - Sabot, Manon E B
AU - Schleucher, Juergen
AU - Sitch, Stephen
AU - Smith, William K.
AU - Sulman, B. N.
AU - Taylor, Benton N
AU - Terrer, César
AU - Torn, M. S.
AU - Treseder, Kathleen K.
AU - Trugman, Anna T.
AU - Trumbore, Susan
AU - van Mantgem, Phillip
AU - Voelker, Steven L
AU - Whelan, Mary Anne
AU - Zuidema, Pieter A.
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/10/21
PB - Wiley
SP - 2413-2445
IS - 5
VL - 229
PMID - 32789857
SN - 0028-646X
SN - 1469-8137
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@article{2020_Walker,
author = {Anthony Walker and Martin G. De Kauwe and Ana Bastos and Soumaya Belmecheri and Katerina Georgiou and Ralph F. Keeling and Sean McMahon and Belinda E. Medlyn and David J P Moore and Richard J. Norby and Sönke Zaehle and Kristina Anderson-Teixeira and Giovanna Battipaglia and R. Brienen and Kristine Grace Cabugao and Maxime Cailleret and Elliott H. Campbell and Josep G. Canadell and Philippe Ciais and Matthew E Craig and David S Ellsworth and G.D Farquhar and Simone Fatichi and Joshua Joshua B. Fisher and David C Frank and H. D. Graven and Lianhong Gu and Vanessa Haverd and Kelly Heilman and M. Heimann and Bruce A. Hungate and Colleen M. Iversen and Fortunat Joos and Mingkai Jiang and Trevor Keenan and J.B Knauer and Christian Körner and Victor O Leshyk and Sebastian Leuzinger and Yao Liu and N. MacBean and Yadvinder Malhi and Tim R. McVicar and Josep Peñuelas and Julia Pongratz and A Shafer Powell and T. Riutta and Manon E B Sabot and Juergen Schleucher and Stephen Sitch and others},
title = {Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2},
journal = {New Phytologist},
year = {2020},
volume = {229},
publisher = {Wiley},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16866},
number = {5},
pages = {2413--2445},
doi = {10.1111/nph.16866}
}
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Walker, Anthony, et al. “Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2.” New Phytologist, vol. 229, no. 5, Oct. 2020, pp. 2413-2445. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16866.