"Soil Microbes and Nutrient Competition Impact Forest Growth and Climate Change"
TL;DR
New research reveals that increased CO2 levels lead soil microbes to retain more phosphorus, limiting its availability for tree growth, particularly in eucalypts. This challenges current climate projections that assume higher CO2 will boost forest growth and mitigate global warming, highlighting the need to consider soil nutrient dynamics in climate models.
Topics:top-newsenvironment#co2-emissions#environment#forest-growth#global-warming#phosphorus#soil-microbes
- A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global warming are huge The Conversation Indonesia
- Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest Nature.com
- Forests may grow more slowly than expected as CO2 levels rise New Scientist
- Tropical forests adjust strategies to thrive even when soils are nutrient poor, large field experiment shows Phys.org
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