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  • Title: Elevated CO2 and warming cause interactive effects on soil carbon and shifts in carbon use by bacteria.
    Author: Carrillo Y, Dijkstra F, LeCain D, Blumenthal D, Pendall E.
    Journal: Ecol Lett; 2018 Nov; 21(11):1639-1648. PubMed ID: 30160010.
    Abstract:
    Accurate predictions of soil C feedbacks to climate change depend on an improved understanding of responses of soil C pools and C use by soil microbial groups. We assessed soil and microbial C in a 7-year manipulation of CO2 and warming in a semi-arid grassland. Continuous field isotopic labelling under elevated CO2 further allowed us to study the dynamics of the existing C (Old C) in soil and microbes as affected by warming. Warming reduced soil C under elevated CO2 but had no impact under ambient CO2 . Loss of soil C under warming and elevated CO2 was attributed to increased proportional loss of Old C. Warming also reduced the proportion of Old C in microbes, specifically the bacteria, but not the fungi. These findings highlight that warming impacts are C pool and microbial taxa dependent and demonstrate interactive effects of warming and atmospheric CO2 on soil C.
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