Abrupt thaw alters phosphorus cycling in alpine tundra

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Abstract

The impacts of permafrost thaw are widespread across tundra landscapes. Now, research across a series of thermokarst landscapes on the Tibetan Plateau shows that abrupt permafrost thaw increases plant-available phosphorus, alters the vegetation community and tips the balance of belowground nutrient competition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1144-1145
Number of pages2
JournalNature Climate Change
Volume15
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2025

Funding

C.M.I. was supported by the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic project, funded by the Biological and Environmental Research program in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( https://www.energy.gov/doe-public-access-plan ).

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