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ArticleNature communications2025

Thaw slumps alter ecosystem carbon budget in alpine grassland on the Tibetan Plateau.

Guanli Jiang, Xinyu Men, Ziteng Fu, Lili Zeng, Weigang Hu, Siru Gao, Luyang Wang, Wenyan Du, Bo Elberling, Yuanhe Yang and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Guanli JiangState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9105-7285
Xinyu MenState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Ziteng FuState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Lili ZengState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Weigang HuState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1422-3726
Siru GaoState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Luyang WangState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Wenyan DuState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Bo ElberlingCenter for Permafrost, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6023-885X
Yuanhe YangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5399-4606
Yuzhong YangState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Qingbai WuState Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China. qbwu@lzb.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7965-0975

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42371141
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retrogressive thaw slumps are an increasingly prevalent form of abrupt permafrost thaw that can reshape ecosystem carbon exchange, yet their impacts remain poorly quantified. Here we show, using chamber measurements of fluxes at five young slumps during the 2024 growing season and a complementary August 2025 survey at five young and two older slumps, that thaw slumps shift alpine grasslands on the interior Tibetan Plateau from a carbon sink toward a carbon source. Exposed, vegetation-free surfaces halve respiration but reduce gross primary productivity by approximately four-fifths, producing a large increase in net CO

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