Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Turnover Time

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"Terrestrial ecosystem carbon turnover time (τ) is the average time that carbon atoms spend in terrestrial ecosystems from the initial photosynthetic fixation until respiratory or non-respiratory loss. Ecosystem turnover time is an emergent property that represents the macro-scale turnover rate of terrestrial carbon that results from different processes such as plant mortality and soil decomposition. Alongside photosynthetic fixation of carbon, τ is a critical ecosystem property that co-determines the terrestrial carbon storage and the terrestrial carbon sink potential. "[1]

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https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13731

https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2019-235/essd-2019-235.pdf

Feed-Back Loops

Climate Collapse Implications

Rates of Carbon Turnover

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.15224

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