European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening
Abstract Substantial evidences indicate a widespread increase in European vegetation greenness since the 1980s due to CO2 fertilization effects (eCO2) and climate warming, but the impact of this process on the regional terrestrial carbon cycle has not been systematically evaluated. Using empirical m...
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| author | Xuebang Liu Bin He Lanlan Guo Ling Huang Wenping Yuan Xiuzhi Chen Xingming Hao Xiaoming Xie Yafeng Zhang Ziqian Zhong Tiewei Li Aifang Chen |
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| description | Abstract Substantial evidences indicate a widespread increase in European vegetation greenness since the 1980s due to CO2 fertilization effects (eCO2) and climate warming, but the impact of this process on the regional terrestrial carbon cycle has not been systematically evaluated. Using empirical models based on eddy covariance and process‐based models, we found that the widespread greening did not contribute to an increase in European carbon uptake (decrease in net ecosystem exchange) with a non‐significant trend from 2000 to 2018. The greening‐associated increase in gross primary productivity (GPP) is offset by the simultaneous increase in ecosystem respiration (TER). Moreover, frequent heatwaves cause stronger reductions in GPP than TER, preventing the increase of carbon uptake. These results reveal the double‐edged sword effect of warming on European ecosystems and will help constrain regional models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f149ca254794ed387068f2bb0d254ea2025-08-20T02:09:34ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072021-10-014820n/an/a10.1029/2021GL094870European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation GreeningXuebang Liu0Bin He1Lanlan Guo2Ling Huang3Wenping Yuan4Xiuzhi Chen5Xingming Hao6Xiaoming Xie7Yafeng Zhang8Ziqian Zhong9Tiewei Li10Aifang Chen11State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology School of Geography Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaCollege of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing ChinaSchool of Atmospheric Sciences Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Dynamics Urban Climate and Ecology Sun Yat‐sen University Zhuhai ChinaSchool of Atmospheric Sciences Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Dynamics Urban Climate and Ecology Sun Yat‐sen University Zhuhai ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology School of Geography Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen ChinaAbstract Substantial evidences indicate a widespread increase in European vegetation greenness since the 1980s due to CO2 fertilization effects (eCO2) and climate warming, but the impact of this process on the regional terrestrial carbon cycle has not been systematically evaluated. Using empirical models based on eddy covariance and process‐based models, we found that the widespread greening did not contribute to an increase in European carbon uptake (decrease in net ecosystem exchange) with a non‐significant trend from 2000 to 2018. The greening‐associated increase in gross primary productivity (GPP) is offset by the simultaneous increase in ecosystem respiration (TER). Moreover, frequent heatwaves cause stronger reductions in GPP than TER, preventing the increase of carbon uptake. These results reveal the double‐edged sword effect of warming on European ecosystems and will help constrain regional models.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094870 |
| spellingShingle | Xuebang Liu Bin He Lanlan Guo Ling Huang Wenping Yuan Xiuzhi Chen Xingming Hao Xiaoming Xie Yafeng Zhang Ziqian Zhong Tiewei Li Aifang Chen European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening Geophysical Research Letters |
| title | European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening |
| title_full | European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening |
| title_fullStr | European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening |
| title_full_unstemmed | European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening |
| title_short | European Carbon Uptake has Not Benefited From Vegetation Greening |
| title_sort | european carbon uptake has not benefited from vegetation greening |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094870 |
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