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Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

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  1. Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, USA.
  2. Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  3. Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  4. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China.
  5. Permafrost Research Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany.
  6. Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschchino, Russia.
  7. School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
  8. Palmer Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palmer, AK, USA.
  9. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
  10. Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
  11. Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umea University, Sweden.
  12. Biological Station, University of Michigan, Pellston, MI, USA.
  13. Department of Geography and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  14. Institute of Soil Science, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  15. Climate Change Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, 325 John D. Tickle Building, 851 Neyland Drive, Knoxville, TN, USA.
  16. CENPERM (Center for Permafrost), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  17. Earth and Oceanographic Science Department and Environmental Studies Program, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA.

Heterogeneous environmental controls on permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks can now be quantified with spatial modeling.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2280457
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1820858
OSTI ID: 1827987
OSTI ID: 1774595
Journal Information:
Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 7; ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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