Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1879-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1879-2023
Research article
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23 May 2023
Research article |  | 23 May 2023

Effect of droughts and climate change on future soil weathering rates in Sweden

Veronika Kronnäs, Klas Lucander, Giuliana Zanchi, Nadja Stadlinger, Salim Belyazid, and Cecilia Akselsson

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In a future climate, extreme droughts might become more common. Climate change and droughts can have negative effects on soil weathering and plant health. In this study, climate change effects on weathering were studied on sites in Sweden using the model ForSAFE, a climate change scenario and an extreme drought scenario. The modelling shows that weathering is higher during summer and increases with global warming but that weathering during drought summers can become as low as winter weathering.
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