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SUBMITTER: Roy J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4896684 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160516 22
Extreme climatic events (ECEs) such as droughts and heat waves are predicted to increase in intensity and frequency and impact the terrestrial carbon balance. However, we lack direct experimental evidence of how the net carbon uptake of ecosystems is affected by ECEs under future elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations (eCO2). Taking advantage of an advanced controlled environment facility for ecosystem research (Ecotron), we simulated eCO2 and extreme cooccurring heat and drought events as proj ...[more]