Philippa Kaur

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Study area This study was conducted on the Tibetan Plateau, the largest alpine permafrost region around the world, with an area of ~1.35 × 106 km2 and a mean elevation over 4000 m22,23. Climate on this plateau is cold and dry22. The MAAT ranges between −4.1 and 7.4 °C, and the MAP varies from dozens of mm in the northwest […] More

1. Schefuß, E. & Dupont, L. M. Multiple drivers of Miocene C4 ecosystem expansions. Nat. Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0590-5 (2020). 2. Uno, K. T. et al. Late Miocene to Pliocene carbon isotope record of differential diet change among East African herbivores. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 6509–6514 (2011). Article  Google Scholar  3. Uno, K. T., Polissar, […] More

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Construction and maintenance of RFs Construction of RFs is described in detail by Comptour et al.11 and summarized here. RFs in Mossaka are constructed in the floodplain on heavy clay soils where two tributary rivers, the Sangha and the Likouala-Mossaka, join the Congo River (see SI for detailed description of the study area). RFs in […] More

Empirical studies over the past two decades have documented the importance of small mountainous rivers (SMRs), particularly those in the tropics, on global silicate weathering and associated CO2 consumption budgets. In a search for controls, studies have recognized the strong positive feedback between physical and chemical weathering1,2,3 and noted the importance of underlying volcanic lithologies […] More

1. Cerling, T. E. et al. Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. Nature 389, 153–158 (1997). Article  Google Scholar  2. Tipple, B. & Pagani, M. The early origins of terrestrial C4 photosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 35, 435–461 (2007). Article  Google Scholar  3. Polissar, P. J., Rose, C., Uno, K. T., Phelps, S. […] More

Soil characteristics The physiochemical parameters of the paddy soil during the different rice growth stages are shown in Fig. 1. The pH value increased in the 1% RSBC, 1% SMBC, 5% RSBC and 5% SMBC-supplemented soils in that order compared to the control samples. Thus, SMBC had a greater alkalization effect than RSBC at both application […] More