BACKGROUND Soil is the largest repository of organic matter on land, storing~ 1500 Gt
carbon, which is at least as much as the vegetation (~ 560 Gt) and atmosphere (~ 750 Gt) …

Anthropogenic warming is expected to accelerate global soil organic carbon (SOC) losses
via microbial decomposition, yet, there is still no consensus on the loss magnitude. In this …

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 …

Global soils store at least twice as much carbon as Earth's atmosphere,. The global soil-to-
atmosphere (or total soil respiration, RS) carbon dioxide (CO2) flux is increasing,, but the …

Soil respiration (R s) represents the largest flux of CO2 from terrestrial ecosystems to the
atmosphere, but its spatial and temporal changes as well as the driving forces are not well …

The respiratory release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil is a major yet poorly understood
flux in the global carbon cycle. Climatic warming is hypothesized to increase rates of soil …

While soil respiration is known to be controlled by a range of biotic and abiotic factors, its
temperature sensitivity in global models is largely related to climate parameters. Here, we …

Soil respiration (Rs) is a major pathway by which fixed carbon in the biosphere is returned to
the atmosphere, yet there are limits to our ability to predict respiration rates using …

Carbon efflux from soils is the largest terrestrial carbon source to the atmosphere, yet it is still
one of the most uncertain fluxes in the Earth's carbon budget. A dominant component of this …

Respiration by soil bacteria and fungi is one of the largest fluxes of carbon (C) from the land
surface. Although this flux is a direct product of microbial metabolism, controls over …