by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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The increase in extreme weather events caused by climate change alters the balance in the Earth’s carbon cycle<\/strong> and affects vegetation development. This is shown, in particular, by the 2022 heat wave that reduced the total storage capacity of the element by plants by more than a quarter. This is stated in a research<\/a> published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles.<\/p>\n Rising temperatures, the authors point out, extended the growing season of plant species by initially increasing carbon uptake. This effect, however, was subsequently offset<\/strong> by a simultaneous increase in CO\u2082 release from decomposition of organic matter and plant respiration.<\/p>\n