Temperature extremes of 2022 reduced carbon uptake by forests in Europe
VAN DER WOUDE, Auke
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
PETERS, Wouter
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
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Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
VAN DER WOUDE, Auke
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
PETERS, Wouter
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
RAMONET, Michel
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
ICOS-RAMCES [ICOS-RAMCES]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
ICOS-RAMCES [ICOS-RAMCES]
LUIJKX, Ingrid
Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
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Centre for Isotope Research [Groningen] [CIO]
Meteorology and Air Quality Department [Wageningen] [MAQ]
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Nature Communications. 2023-12, vol. 14, n° 1, p. 6218
Nature Publishing Group
English Abstract
Abstract The year 2022 saw record breaking temperatures in Europe during both summer and fall. Similar to the recent 2018 drought, close to 30% (3.0 million km 2 ) of the European continent was under severe summer drought. ...Read more >
Abstract The year 2022 saw record breaking temperatures in Europe during both summer and fall. Similar to the recent 2018 drought, close to 30% (3.0 million km 2 ) of the European continent was under severe summer drought. In 2022, the drought was located in central and southeastern Europe, contrasting the Northern-centered 2018 drought. We show, using multiple sets of observations, a reduction of net biospheric carbon uptake in summer (56-62 TgC) over the drought area. Specific sites in France even showed a widespread summertime carbon release by forests, additional to wildfires. Partial compensation (32%) for the decreased carbon uptake due to drought was offered by a warm autumn with prolonged biospheric carbon uptake. The severity of this second drought event in 5 years suggests drought-induced reduced carbon uptake to no longer be exceptional, and important to factor into Europe’s developing plans for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions that rely on carbon uptake by forests.Read less <
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