Ecosystem respiration (ER) often responds asymmetrically to seasonal warming and cooling, producing thermal hysteresis. Yet, its global patterns and drivers remain unknown. Here, we used daily ER data from 324 eddy‐covariance sites worldwide and revealed two contrasting hysteresis patterns in the temperature response of ER: clockwise hysteresis (ER is higher during the warming than cooling season) at 173 sites and counterclock...

Tibetan alpine grasslands (AG) serve as critical methane (CH 4 ) sinks, yet face degradation from anthropogenic and climatic disturbances that promote subterranean rodents (e.g., Plateau zokor [ Myospalax baileyi ] and pika [ Ochotona curzoniae ]) activities. Although rodent bioturbation (e.g., burrowing, foraging and excreting) alters soil structure, soil physico‐chemical properties and productivity from AG, its impacts on CH...

Restoration of terrestrial ecosystems, through both natural and active approaches, is critical for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. However, the long‐term effects of these restoration approaches on soil aggregate organic carbon remain poorly understood. In this study, we conducted a global meta‐analysis to assess the temporal effects of natural and active restoration on SOC and aggregate organic carbon, including m...

Plant‐ and microbially derived carbon (C) are the two major sources of soil organic matter (SOM), and their ratio impacts SOM composition, accumulation, stability, and turnover. The contributions of and the key factors defining the plant and microbial C in SOM along the soil profile are not well known. By leveraging nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biomarker analysis, we analyzed the plant and microbial C in three s...

Despite the increasing impact of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on terrestrial greenhouse gas (GHG) budget, through driving both the net atmospheric CO 2 exchange and the emission or uptake of non‐CO 2 GHGs (CH 4 and N 2 O), few studies have assessed the climatic impact of forests and grasslands under N deposition globally based on different bottom‐up approaches. Here, we quantify the effects of N deposition on biomass C...