Increasing temperatures are expected to increase decomposition rates in soils, potentially reducing ecosystem carbon storage. Research now indicates that — in a tropical montane forest — soil carbon stocks are unaffected by higher temperatures despite substantially increased rates of CO2 release from the soil.
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Hartley, I. Resisting climate change. Nature Clim Change 4, 760–761 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2356
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