High temperature sensitivity of monoterpene emissions from global vegetation

Autor: Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Andrea Pozzer, Jonathan Williams, David Makowski, Josep Peñuelas, Vasileios N. Matthaios, Georgia Lazoglou, Ana Maria Yañez-Serrano, Jos Lelieveld, Philippe Ciais, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Nikos Daskalakis, Jean Sciare
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-4435
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01175-9
Popis: Abstract Terrestrial vegetation emits vast amounts of monoterpenes into the atmosphere, influencing ecological interactions and atmospheric chemistry. Global emissions are simulated as a function of temperature with a fixed exponential relationship (β coefficient) across forest ecosystems and environmental conditions. We applied meta-analysis algorithms on 40 years of published monoterpene emission data and show that relationship between emissions and temperature is more sensitive and intricate than previously thought. Considering the entire dataset, a higher temperature sensitivity (β = 0.13 ± 0.01 °C−1) is derived but with a linear increase with the reported coefficients of determination (R2), indicating that co-occurring environmental factors modify the temperature sensitivity of the emissions that is primarily related to the specific plant functional type (PFT). Implementing a PFT-dependent β in a biogenic emission model, coupled with a chemistry – climate model, demonstrated that atmospheric processes are exceptionally dependent on monoterpene emissions which are subject to amplified variations under rising temperatures.
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