Soil respiration (RS) is the flux of microbial- and plant-respired carbon dioxide from the soil surface to the atmosphere, and constitutes the second-largest terrestrial carbon flux. It has been suggested that RS should change with climate, but this has been difficult to confirm observationally.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/temperature-associated-increases-global-soil-respiration-record
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ben-bond-lamberty
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/allison-thomson
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
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