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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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The many and varied consequences of extreme weather: droughts, heat waves, storms, heavy rain and extreme frost affect the carbon balance of forests, grasslands and agricultural land in different ways. The arrows pointing upward represent additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The arrows pointing downward indicate that carbon dioxide is removed more slowly from the atmosphere. Orange arrows stand for short-term and purple arrows for long-term effects.

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<i>Nature</i>, issue from 15.8.2013, doi 10.1038/nature12350 &#8195;

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