Two-thirds of terrestrial carbon is stored as organic matter in soils, but its response to warming has yet to be resolved. A soil warming experiment in a Canadian forest has revealed that the leaf-derived compound cutin is resistant to decomposition under elevated temperatures.
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Prescott, C. Heat-proof carbon compound. Nature Geosci 1, 815–816 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo371
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