Li et al. (2025): Net carbon dioxide sequestration by large alkaline lakes dominates the carbon exchange of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau lakes
Yang Li, Genxu Wang, Shouqin Sun, Ruiying Chang, Tao Wang, Zhaoyong Hu, Fenglin Xu, Yi Yang and Chunlin Song, IN: Communications Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02884-z
Alpine lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) are rapidly expanding under climate change, yet their role in the regional carbon budget remains unclear. Here the authors analyze carbon flux data from 156 alpine lakes of varying sizes and find that these lakes acted as a net carbon sink of 6.7 Tg C yr−1 during 2011–2022, approximately one-fifth of the terrestrial carbon sink over the QTP.