Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass

E Elhacham, L Ben-Uri, J Grozovski, YM Bar-On, R Milo - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Humanity has become a dominant force in shaping the face of Earth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
An emerging question is how the overall material output of human activities compares to the …

Global carbon budget 2023

P Friedlingstein, M O'sullivan, MW Jones… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their
redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate …

Developments in the MPI‐M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI‐ESM1.2) and Its Response to Increasing CO2

T Mauritsen, J Bader, T Becker… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A new release of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model version 1.2
(MPI‐ESM1. 2) is presented. The development focused on correcting errors in and …

Divergent response and adaptation of specific leaf area to environmental change at different spatio‐temporal scales jointly improve plant survival

Z Liu, M Zhao, H Zhang, T Ren, C Liu… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Specific leaf area (SLA) is one of the most important plant functional traits. It integrates
multiple functions and reflects strategies of plants to obtain resources. How plants employ …

The ICON earth system model version 1.0

JH Jungclaus, SJ Lorenz, H Schmidt… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents the ICON‐Earth System Model (ICON‐ESM V1. 0), the first coupled
model based on the ICON (ICOsahedral Non‐hydrostatic) framework with its unstructured …

Seasonal peak photosynthesis is hindered by late canopy development in northern ecosystems

Q Zhao, Z Zhu, H Zeng, RB Myneni, Y Zhang… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
The seasonal dynamics of the vegetation canopy strongly regulate the surface energy
balance and terrestrial carbon fluxes, providing feedbacks to climate change. Whether the …

The global distribution of biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial natural ecosystems

T Davies‐Barnard… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological nitrogen fixation is a key contributor to sustaining the terrestrial carbon cycle,
providing nitrogen input that plants require. However, the amount and global distribution of …

Climate factors determine the utilization strategy of forest plant resources at large scales

J Wang, X Wang, Y Ji, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant functional traits are a representation of plant resource utilization strategies. Plants with
higher specific leaf area (SLA) and lower leaf dry matter content (LDMC) exhibit faster …

Enhanced future vegetation growth with elevated carbon dioxide concentrations could increase fire activity

RJ Allen, J Gomez, LW Horowitz… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Many regions of the planet have experienced an increase in fire activity in recent decades.
Although such increases are consistent with warming and drying under continued climate …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models

RM Varney, SE Chadburn, EJ Burke, PM Cox - Biogeosciences, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
The response of soil carbon represents one of the key uncertainties in future climate change.
The ability of Earth system models (ESMs) to simulate present-day soil carbon is therefore …