Permafrost tipping point triggered by warming-driven loss of old carbon
old carbon. These findings establish quantitative thresholds for permafrost carbon vulnerability and inform carbon-climate feedback projections in global cold regions.
Authors
- Shilong Piao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-2292)
- Jinzhi Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-2702)
- Huangyu Huo
- Baosheng An
- Tandong Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9979-9849)
- Tao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-8697)
- Shiping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5113-7117)
- Yuxi Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0616-479X)
- Juan Li
- Xiling Gu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72122-3
- Primary Topic
- Climate change and permafrost
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China