Pathway dependence of ecosystem responses  in China to 1.5&thinsp;°C global warming

Yue, Xu; Liao, Hong; Wang, Huijun; Zhang, Tianyi; Unger, Nadine; Sitch, Stephen; Feng, Zhaozhong; Yang, Jia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2353-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2353-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2353-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

Research article

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28 Feb 2020

Research article |

| 28 Feb 2020

Pathway dependence of ecosystem responses in China to 1.5 °C global warming

Xu Yue, Hong Liao, Huijun Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Nadine Unger, Stephen Sitch, Zhaozhong Feng, and Jia Yang

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RC1: 'Review on pathway dependency of terrestrial ecosystems responses to 1.5 warming across China by Yue et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee 1', Xu Yue, 20 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review of Yue et al., “Pathway dependence of ecosystem responses…”', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee 2', Xu Yue, 20 Dec 2019

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AR by Xu Yue on behalf of the Authors (20 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Jan 2020) by Alex B. Guenther

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Jan 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jan 2020) by Alex B. Guenther

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ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2020) by Alex B. Guenther

AR by Xu Yue on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2020)

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We explore ecosystem responses in China to 1.5 °C global warming under stabilized versus transient pathways. Remarkably, GPP shows 30 % higher enhancement in the stabilized than the transient pathway because of the lower ozone (smaller damages to photosynthesis) and fewer aerosols (higher light availability) in the former pathway. Our analyses suggest that an associated reduction of CO₂ and pollution emissions brings more benefits to ecosystems in China via 1.5 °C global warming.