Carbon Cycling and Climate Feedback in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Chaturvedi, Mudita and Lakshmi, Shipra and Kumar, Dhirendra and Gupta, Juhi (2025) Carbon Cycling and Climate Feedback in Terrestrial Ecosystems. In: Green Equilibrium. Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 97-117. ISBN 9789819639922

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Abstract

Carbon is as essential as evil for the survival of mankind. The intricate feedback mechanisms driven by temperature, moisture, and atmospheric CO2 levels, potentially leads to imbalances in carbon uptake and release. The processes of photosynthesis and respiration regulates the carbon budget equilibrium of the terrestrial ecosystem. The carbon stock of terrestrial ecosystems is influenced by both anthropogenic and natural activities (such as habitat fragmentation, forest fires, livestock grazing, over-extraction, and other human-induced pressures) and it has a consequential impact on biome patterns, surface characteristics, net primary productivity, soil organic carbon, and ultimately, the energy balance. The carbon enters the biosphere through the process of biological carbon fixation. Excessive CO2 emissions derived from multifarious natural and anthropogenic sources leads to climate change, and degraded air quality, creates a stress situation that impacts the efficiency of carbon assimilation. The aerosol–carbon relationship is significant to understand the climate-forcing related ecosystem-atmosphere feedback. Important parameters such as species diversity, density, and types determine the extent of an ecosystem susceptible to climate change. The advances in modelling techniques with the integration of ecosystem processes and atmospheric general circulation model will develop an insight into the intricate relationship between biotic and abiotic components of the terrestrial ecosystem. Here, we document global mitigation strategies adopted to deal with the negative consequences of climate change on the ecosystem with an emphasis on research gaps and future scope.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Chaturvedi, Mudita and Lakshmi, Shipra and Kumar, Dhirendra and Gupta, Juhi
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Gupta, Juhi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Verma, Akarsh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Natural Sciences Natural Sciences > Earth sciences > Geology, hydrology, meteorology > Climatology and weather
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Climate Change and Sustainability
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6761
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3993-9_5

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