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Main Title Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Responses and Feedbacks from Below-Ground Systems.
Author Dixon, R. K. ; Turner, D. P. ;
CORP Author Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. ;ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Corvallis, OR.
Publisher c1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/J-91/278;
Stock Number PB92-121359
Additional Subjects Carbon cycle ; Climatic changes ; Subsurface investigations ; Air-biosphere interactions ; Air pollution ; Environmental effects ; Global aspects ; Greenhouse effects ; Soil surveys ; Carbon dioxide ; Terrestrial ecosystems ; Global warming ; Vegetation ; Organic matter ; Biomes ; Reprints ;
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Abstract
According to most global climate models, a continued build-up of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will lead to significant changes in temperature and precipitation patterns over large parts of the Earth. Belowground processes will strongly influence the response of the biosphere to climate change and are likely to contribute to positive or negative biospheric feedbacks to climate change. Current global carbon budgets suggest that as much as 2000 Pg of carbon exists in soil systems. There is considerable disagreement, however, over pool sizes and flux (e.g. CO2, CH4) for various ecosystems. An equilibrium analysis of changes in global belowground carbon storage due to a double-CO2 climate suggests a range from a possible sink of 41 Pg to a possible source of 101 Pg. Components of the terrestrial biosphere could be managed to sequester or conserve carbon and mitigate accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. (Copyright (c) 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England.)