Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …

Climate change and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are both important ecological
threats. Evaluating their cumulative effects provides a more holistic view of ecosystem …

Soil organic carbon harbors three times as much carbon as Earth's atmosphere, and its
decomposition is a potentially large climate change feedback and major source of …

Maintaining stability of ecosystem functions in the face of global change calls for a better
understanding regulatory factors of functionally specialized microbial groups and their …

Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere.
Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this …

Global mean temperature is predicted to increase by 2–7° C and precipitation to change
across the globe by the end of this century. To quantify climate effects on ecosystem …

Climatic changes, including altered precipitation regimes, will affect key ecosystem
processes, such as plant productivity and biodiversity for many terrestrial ecosystems. Past …

Researchers agree that climate change factors such as rising atmospheric [CO2] and
warming will likely interact to modify ecosystem properties and processes. However, the …

Amplification of the hydrological cycle as a consequence of global warming is forecast to
lead to more extreme intra-annual precipitation regimes characterized by larger rainfall …

In the next decades, many soils will be subjected to increased drying/wetting cycles or
modified water availability considering predicted global changes in precipitation and …