Xiaowei Guo

Dec 22, 2023 | nature.com | Mingming Wang |Shuai Zhang |Xiaowei Guo |Liujun Xiao |Yuanhe Yang |Yiqi Luo

AbstractThe impact of more extreme climate conditions under global warming on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics remains unquantified. Here we estimate the response of SOC to climate extreme shifts under 1.5 °C warming by combining a space-for-time substitution approach and global SOC measurements (0–30 cm soil). Most extremes (22 out of 33 assessed extreme types) exacerbate SOC loss under warming globally, but their effects vary among ecosystems.