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Veröffentlichung The Permafrost-Agroecosystems Action Group(2023) Ward Jones, Melissa; Ulrich, MathiasVeröffentlichung Large herbivores on permafrost - a pilot study of grazing impacts on permafrost soil carbon storage in northeastern Siberia(2022) Windirsch, Torben; Große, Guido; Ulrich, MathiasThe risk of carbon emissions from permafrost is linked to an increase in ground temperature and thus in particular to thermal insulation by vegetation, soil layers and snow cover. Ground insulation can be influenced by the presence of large herbivores browsing for food in both winter and summer. In this study, we examine the potential impact of large herbivore presence on the soil carbon storage in a thermokarst landscape in northeastern Siberia. Our aim in this pilot study is to conduct a first analysis on whether intensive large herbivore grazing may slow or even reverse permafrost thaw by affecting thermal insulation through modifying ground cover properties. As permafrost soil temperatures are important for organic matter decomposition, we hypothesize that herbivory disturbances lead to differences in ground-stored carbon. Therefore, we analyzed five sites with a total of three different herbivore grazing intensities on two landscape forms (drained thermokarst basin, Yedoma upland) in Pleistocene Park near Chersky. We measured maximum thaw depth, total organic carbon content, 8´13C isotopes, carbon-nitrogen ratios, and sediment grain-size composition as well as ice and water content for each site. We found the thaw depth to be shallower and carbon storage to be higher in intensively grazed areas compared to extensively and non-grazed sites in the same thermokarst basin. First data show that intensive grazing leads to a more stable thermal ground regime and thus to increased carbon storage in the thermokarst deposits and active layer. However, the high carbon content found within the upper 20 cm on intensively grazed sites could also indicate higher carbon input rather than reduced decomposition, which requires further studies including investigations of the hydrology and general ground conditions existing prior to grazing introduction. We explain our findings by intensive animal trampling in winter and vegetation changes, which overcompensate summer ground warming. We conclude that grazing intensity - along with soil substrate and hydrologic conditions - might have a measurable influence on the carbon storage in permafrost soils. Hence the grazing effect should be further investigated for its potential as an actively manageable instrument to reduce net carbon emission from permafrost. © 2022 the AuthorsVeröffentlichung Assessing a multi-method approach for dryland soil salinization with respect to climate change and global warming - The example of the Bajestan region (NE Iran)(2023) Khosravichenar, Azra; Aalijahan, Mehdi; Moaazeni, Saeid; Ulrich, MathiasDryland soil salinization strongly affects soil properties, with severe consequences for regional ecology, agriculture and the aeolian dust dynamics. Given its climate-sensitivity it forms a serious environmental hazard, and to cope with this challenge during current global warming it needs to be better understood. The Bajestan Playa in the strongly salinization-affected Iranian drylands hosts several protected areas and forms an important regional dust source. Hence, soil salinization in this region affects local and regional ecosystems and societies, but was not systematically studied yet. Using an unprecedented comprehensive approach we systematically monitored regional soil salinity 1992-2021 using remote sensing as well as on-site field and laboratory measurements, and linked these with regional and global climatic data to understand (i) the spatio-temporal soil salinity dynamics, (ii) the impact of regional and global climate changes, and (iii) the potential of our approach for further soil salinity studies. Our annual time resolution over three decades provided significantly deeper and unprecedented insights into soil salinization: Both regional annual precipitation and temperature control soil salinity, but the latter responds to precipitation with time lags of up to two years and to higher temperatures without any time lag. This probably reflects the transport time of leached soluble salts from their sources following humid years. No systematic soil salinity changes were observed within the playa basin, but outside the basin soil salinity systematically increased. Whereas regional precipitation did not show a systematic trend during the last decades, regional temperature increased and was mostly correlated with the increasing GLOTI, POL and TSA climatic indices. Hence, given ongoing global warming a further increase of regional soil salinization should be expected, with serious consequences for saline dust emissions, the regional protected areas and climate-related migrations. Altogether, our multi-disciplinary pioneer study demonstrates a high future application potential also for other salinity-affected drylands, forming a base to deal with the consequences of ongoing global climate change. Quelle: ScienceDirect