Throughout Earth's history, drought has been a common crisis in terrestrial ecosystems; in
human societies, it can cause famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. As the …

The current unpredictable climate changes are causing frequent and severe droughts. Such
circumstances emphasize the need to understand the response of plants to drought stress …

Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Soil carbon sequestration arises from the interplay of carbon input and stabilization, which
vary in space and time. Assessing the resulting microscale carbon distribution in an intact …

The organic matter of living plants is the precursor material of the organic matter stored in
terrestrial soil ecosystems. Although a great deal of knowledge exists on the carbon turnover …

Climate change is progressing and is already visible to the naked eye around the world.
Hydrological events associated with climate change, ie floods and droughts, have reached …

Soil, the living terrestrial skin of the Earth, plays a central role in supporting life and is home
to an unimaginable diversity of microorganisms. This review explores key drivers for …

Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

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 …

1. Litter decomposition is a biogeochemical process fundamental to element cycling within
ecosystems, influencing plant productivity, species composition and carbon storage. 2 …