Kelley R. Bassett
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Kelley R. Bassett
@kelleyrbassett.bsky.social
PhD student, Forest Ecology & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Umeå.
I use the Swedish NFI tree core archive to assess environmental change in the boreal forest.
Reposted by Kelley R. Bassett
I am really excited to share our new paper, published today in Nature. We show that rising atmospheric CO2 is linked to decling nutrient availability in boreal forest, with implications for the future carbon sink. Kudos to lead author @kelleyrbassett.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces nitrogen availability in boreal forests - Nature
Nitrogen isotope tree-ring chronologies show that rising atmospheric CO2 has reduced nitrogen availability in boreal forests in Sweden, suggesting that elevated atmospheric CO2 is causing oligotrophic...
www.nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM