River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

TJ Battin, R Lauerwald, ES Bernhardt, E Bertuzzo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

Y Yang, Y Shi, W Sun, J Chang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Enhancing the terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (referred to as terrestrial C sink) is an
important way to slow down the continuous increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
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 …

Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink

S Ruehr, TF Keenan, C Williams, Y Zhou, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades

W Jiao, L Wang, WK Smith, Q Chang, H Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the growing interest in predicting global and regional trends in vegetation
productivity in response to a changing climate, changes in water constraint on vegetation …

Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis

S Wang, Y Zhang, W Ju, JM Chen, P Ciais, A Cescatti… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The enhanced vegetation productivity driven by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide
(CO2)[ie, the CO2 fertilization effect (CFE)] sustains an important negative feedback on …

Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

NG McDowell, CD Allen, K Anderson-Teixeira… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Forest dynamics arise from the interplay of chronic drivers and transient
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …

Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …