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ReviewGlobal change biology2026

Congo Basin Carbon Cycle Responses to Global Change.

Sarah Worden, Rong Fu, A Anthony Bloom, Marijn Bauters, Hans Verbeeck, Temilola Fatoyinbo, Wannes Hubau, Lydie-Stella Koutika, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Sybryn L Maes and 8 more

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Review in Global change biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Sarah WordenJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6849-2377
Rong FuAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4065-248X
A Anthony BloomJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Marijn BautersQ-ForestLab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0978-6639
Hans VerbeeckQ-ForestLab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1490-0168
Temilola FatoyinboMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1130-6748
Wannes HubauLaboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3795-4986
Lydie-Stella KoutikaResearch Center (CRDPI/SCES), Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.ORCID 0000-0001-8223-3032
Steve Kwatcho KengdoEarth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2536-034X
Sybryn L MaesForest Ecology and Management Group (FORECOMAN), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7168-2390
Vincent MedjibeIndependent Researcher, Libreville, Gabon.ORCID 0000-0002-6572-4101
Nicholas J RussoDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7055-8056
Sassan SaatchiJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8524-4917
Le Bienfaiteur SagangInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8778-3121
Thomas B SmithInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Denis J SonwaWorld Resources Institute (WRI), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.ORCID 0000-0001-6427-3428
Pascal BoeckxIsotope Bioscience Laboratory, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3998-0010
Elsa M OrdwayInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7720-1754

Funding

European Research CouncilFWO 1203025NNASA Postdoctoral Program FellowshipNational Science Foundation 1917781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Congo Basin and its contiguous forests harbor globally significant carbon stocks, estimated at 65 gigatons of C (GtC) above and belowground. Despite rising temperatures and intensifying droughts, they have remained a carbon sink, albeit weak: 0.26-0.50 GtC yr.

Indexed as

Carbon CycleCarbon SequestrationClimate ChangeForestsanimal–ecosystem interactionscarbon cycleclimate changeCO2 fertilizationland cover and land use changelegacy effectsnutrient availability

Identifiers

PMID41556222
PMCPMC12817162

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