The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Fluxes of Greenhouse Gases in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves, catastrophic droughts, heavy precipitation, etc., has increased significantly worldwide. These events can have extremely negative impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. They can lead to changes in ecosystem functioning and structure, result in increased vulnerability and, in some extreme cases, lead to ecosystem collapse. All alterations in ecosystem structure and functioning lead to changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, which can affect the climate system at various spatial and temporal scales.

The aim of this Special Issue is to collate recent achievements in the study of extreme weather events and the GHG fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems in different geographical areas, from the tropics to the polar regions. In recent decades, a number of experimental and modeling studies have been carried out to analyze not only the temporal and spatial variability of extreme weather events, but also their possible direct and indirect impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the feedback of changes in land use and vegetation patterns on climate. Nevertheless, a number of crucial questions, such as those pertaining to land–surface interactions, the direct and indirect response of different terrestrial ecosystems to external forcings, the sensitivity of atmospheric fluxes to environmental changes in different geographical areas, etc., remain open and require new, multifaceted studies.

For this Special Issue, we invite scientists working in the fields of meteorology and climatology, atmospheric physics, ecology, biogeochemistry, etc., to contribute new aggregated studies focusing extreme weather events, land surface–atmosphere interactions, and the impact of extreme weather events on GHG fluxes at different spatial (from ecosystem to global) and temporal scales. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following: extreme weather events under a changing climate; the response of terrestrial ecosystems to extreme weather events using field and model studies; long-term studies of GHG fluxes in different terrestrial ecosystems; extreme weather events and wildfires; and statistical analysis of long-term meteorological data sets, etc.

Dr. Daria Gushchina
Prof. Dr. Alexander Olchev
Guest Editors

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• extreme weather events
• greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes
• heat waves
• terrestrial ecosystems
• field measurements
• climate modeling