Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-2759-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-2759-2024
Research article
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12 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 12 Jun 2024

Soil carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models

Rebecca M. Varney, Pierre Friedlingstein, Sarah E. Chadburn, Eleanor J. Burke, and Peter M. Cox

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Soil carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models R. Varney https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10927091

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Soil carbon is the largest store of carbon on the land surface of Earth and is known to be particularly sensitive to climate change. Understanding this future response is vital to successfully meeting Paris Agreement targets, which rely heavily on carbon uptake by the land surface. In this study, the individual responses of soil carbon are quantified and compared amongst CMIP6 Earth system models used within the most recent IPCC report, and the role of soils in the land response is highlighted.
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