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Session: : Tropical Forests & Global Change: Biogeochemical Responses and Opportunities for Cross-Sites Comparisons

INS 22-1 - Tropical forest soils in a warmer world: consequences for climate and biodiversity

Wednesday, August 9, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Location: C123
Climate warming poses detrimental but poorly understood consequences for tropical forest biodiversity and carbon storage, especially through its impact on soils. To address this uncertainty, SWELTR was initiated in tropical forest in Panama; one of a number of emerging experiments designed to understand the effects of a warming on the tropical land-surface. Results following up to 3 years of experimental whole-profile soil warming, show high sensitivity of biotic communities, organic matter degradation and of CO2 release to the atmosphere. The results need consideration in the context of aboveground, wider-scale and longer-term responses, for which cross-site comparisons of experiments are vital.