Earth system models disagree on the fate of soil organic carbon under climate change. Reproducing spatial patterns of the climatological temperature sensitivity of soil carbon is a necessary condition for trustworthy simulations of the carbon-cycle–climate feedback.
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Ahrens, B., Reichstein, M. Depth of understanding. Nature Clim Change 7, 762–763 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3426
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