Model projections of future climate are highly sensitive to the assumed response of organic matter decomposition to changes in temperature. Incubation experiments on North American soils suggest that the decisive factors lie at the molecular level.
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ADAM SKIBBE, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
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Janssens, I., Vicca, S. Soil carbon breakdown. Nature Geosci 3, 823–824 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1024
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