The Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Greenhouse Gas Emission in Experiments on Imitation of the Full Vegetation Cycle of Tundra Ecosystems

Abstract

Laboratory experiments were conducted in a hermetically sealed growth chamber with two soil samples obtained from the arctic tundra zone with different levels of moisture. Samples were maintained at a growing season typical of the region from which they were taken, and for the sample with a high level of moisture it was made twice: with the temperature in accord with natural conditions and one increased by 2°C. It has been shown that heating of the overmoistened tundra soil by 2°C can increased the average carbon dioxide emissions by almost two times (from 75 to 100–150 mg m^–2 h^–1). Upon the application of heat, no significant increase in methane emission was observed.