Climate change has been partially mitigated by an increasing net land carbon sink in the
terrestrial biosphere; understanding the processes that drive this sink is thus essential for …

Tropical forests are recognized for their role in providing diverse ecosystem services (ESs),
with carbon uptake the best recognized. The capacity of tropical forests to provide ESs is …

It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to
fail averages approximately 46.7° C (T crit). However, it remains unclear whether leaf …

Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing
large-scale collapse, has raised global concern,–. For 65 million years, Amazonian forests …

Severe droughts endanger ecosystem functioning worldwide. We investigated how drought
affects carbon and water fluxes as well as soil-plant-atmosphere interactions by tracing …

Both intensity and frequency of climate extreme events have significantly increased over the
past decades, which triggered exceptional responses in terrestrial ecosystems. Resolving …

Tropical reforestation is among the most powerful tools for carbon sequestration. Yet, climate
change impacts on productivity are often not accounted for when estimating its mitigation …

Tree size shapes forest carbon dynamics and determines how trees interact with their
environment, including a changing climate. Here, we conduct the first global analysis of …