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A warm response by soils

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The flux of carbon from soils to the atmosphere has apparently increased with climate warming. But does this reflect a net loss of carbon to the atmosphere that could exacerbate climate change?

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Figure 1: Possible mechanisms driving increased soil respiration (RS) in a warming climate.

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  1. Pete Smith is at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK. pete.smith@abdn.ac.uk ,

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  2. Changming Fang is at the Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of Yangtze River Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 20043, China. cmfang@fudan.edu.cn ,

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Smith, P., Fang, C. A warm response by soils. Nature 464, 499–500 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464499a

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