Focus on extreme events and the carbon cycle

Chuixiang Yi, Elise Pendall, Philippe Ciais

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    Abstract

    Climate physics indicates that warming climate is a likely cause of extreme weather and more frequent and intense climate events. These extreme events can disrupt terrestrial carbon dynamics dramatically by triggering ecological disturbances and potentially forcing climate-carbon feedbacks. In this paper we synthesize the findings of 26 papers that focus on collecting evidence and developing knowledge of how extreme events disturb terrestrial carbon dynamics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number70201
    Number of pages8
    JournalEnvironmental Research Letters
    Volume10
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • bark beetles
    • carbon cycle (biogeochemistry)
    • climate change mitigation
    • droughts
    • hurricanes

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