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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03374-x
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- Environment Research and Technology Development Funds from the Ministry of the Environment of Japan [2-1401]
- Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency [2-1701]
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research [ARCP2011-11NMY-Patra/Canadell]
- Directorate For Geosciences [1243071] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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An integrated understanding of the biogeochemical consequences of climate extremes and land use changes is needed to constrain land-surface feedbacks to atmospheric CO2 from associated climate change. Past assessments of the global carbon balance have shown particularly high uncertainty in Southeast Asia. Here, we use a combination of model ensembles to show that intensified land use change made Southeast Asia a strong source of CO2 from the 1980s to 1990s, whereas the region was close to carbon neutral in the 2000s due to an enhanced CO2 fertilization effect and absence of moderate-to-strong El Nino events. Our findings suggest that despite ongoing deforestation, CO2 emissions were substantially decreased during the 2000s, largely owing to milder climate that restores photosynthetic capacity and suppresses peat and deforestation fire emissions. The occurrence of strong El Nino events after 2009 suggests that the region has returned to conditions of increased vulnerability of carbon stocks.
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