Coupled and decoupled carbon-mercury dynamics across forest ecosystem continua

Subject of Research: Earth Science

Article Title: Coupled and decoupled carbon-mercury dynamics across forest ecosystem continua

Article References: Chen, C., Huang, J.-H., Fu, X., Osterwalder, S., Li, K., Berg, B., Wang, X., Yuan, W., Sun, G., Zhang, H., Psomas, A., Waldner, P., Buchmann, N., Alewell, C., & Feng, X. (2026). Coupled and decoupled carbon-mercury dynamics across forest ecosystem continua. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 9213. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76140-z

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-76140-z

Keywords: biogeochemical coupling in ecosystems, carbon sequestration and mercury release, coupled carbon and mercury dynamics, decoupled biogeochemical processes, ecosystem mercury cycling, environmental impact of mercury in forests, forest carbon-mercury interactions, forest ecosystem continuum, forest soil mercury dynamics, long-term ecosystem mercury studies, mercury bioaccumulation in forests, terrestrial mercury fluxes