Michelle L. Haddix

Oct 3, 2024 | nature.com | Megan B. Machmuller |Laurel Lynch |Laura Gough |Michelle L. Haddix |Jennie McLaren |Michael Weintraub | +2 more

AbstractRapid warming in the Arctic threatens to amplify climate change by releasing the region’s vast stocks of soil carbon to the atmosphere. Increased nutrient availability may exacerbate soil carbon losses by stimulating microbial decomposition or offset them by increasing primary productivity. The outcome of these competing feedbacks remains unclear.