Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”
Abstract
Temperature records and model predictions demonstrate that deep soils warm at the same rate as surface soils, contrary to Xiao et al.'s assertions. In response to Xiao et al.'s critique of our Q10 analysis, we present the results with all data points included, which show Q10 values of > 2 throughout the soil profile, indicating that all soil depths responded to warming.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1567116
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 359; Journal Issue: 6378; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Hicks Pries, Caitlin E., Castanha, C., Porras, R., Phillips, Claire, and Torn, M. S.. Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aao0457.
Hicks Pries, Caitlin E., Castanha, C., Porras, R., Phillips, Claire, & Torn, M. S.. Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0457
Hicks Pries, Caitlin E., Castanha, C., Porras, R., Phillips, Claire, and Torn, M. S.. Fri .
"Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0457. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1567116.
@article{osti_1567116,
title = {Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”},
author = {Hicks Pries, Caitlin E. and Castanha, C. and Porras, R. and Phillips, Claire and Torn, M. S.},
abstractNote = {Temperature records and model predictions demonstrate that deep soils warm at the same rate as surface soils, contrary to Xiao et al.'s assertions. In response to Xiao et al.'s critique of our Q10 analysis, we present the results with all data points included, which show Q10 values of > 2 throughout the soil profile, indicating that all soil depths responded to warming.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aao0457},
journal = {Science},
number = 6378,
volume = 359,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
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