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土壌の水分が長期にわたる地球上の炭素吸収に大きく影響する
Julia K Green1, Sonia I Seneviratne2, Alexis M Berg3
1Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. jg3405@columbia.edu.
Nature
|January 25, 2019
まとめ
土壌の水分の変動は,地球上の炭素吸収に大きく影響し,二酸化炭素 (CO2) の大量流出を引き起こします. 非線形反応と陸と大気の相互作用によって引き起こされるこの変動は,将来の炭素吸収を制限し,CO2の増加を加速させる可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 気候科学
- エコロジー
- 地球システム科学
背景:
- 陸上の生物圏は,人為的な二酸化炭素 (CO2) 排出量の大きな部分を吸収しますが,土地の炭素吸収の不確実性は気候予測に影響します.
- 土壌の水分は土地の炭素貯蔵に影響を与える重要な要因であり,その利用可能性は総原産物,植物の死亡率,土地と大気のフィードバックに影響を与えます.
研究 の 目的:
- 土壌の湿度の変化に対する陸上の純生物生産性の反応を分析する.
- 土壌の水分変動と傾向が長期にわたる炭素吸収と関連する炭素損失メカニズムに及ぼす影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- 4つの地球系モデルのデータを活用した.
- 土壌の水分の変化と陸上の生態系への影響に焦点を当てた実験から得られたモデル出力分析.
主要な成果:
- 土壌の水分の変動と傾向は,21世紀を通して重要な二酸化炭素の流れ (年間2~3ギガトン) を誘導することが判明しました.
- 光合成と陸地と大気間の相互作用による非線形反応によって引き起こされる土壌の湿度の変化は,CO2を生成します.
- 現在の土地の炭素吸収は土壌の水分変動によって減少しており,予測される乾燥傾向によりさらに減少すると予想されています.
結論:
- 将来の炭素吸収源として機能する大陸の能力は,土壌の水分と陸地と大気の相互作用に対する非線形的な反応に依存しています.
- 炭素吸収率の上昇傾向は,世紀半ば以降に持続し,大気中のCO2増加を加速させる可能性がある.
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