Response to Comment on “The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming”

Abstract

Temperature records and model predictions demonstrate that deep soils warm at the same rate as surface soils, contrary to Xiao et al .’s assertions. In response to Xiao et al .’s critique of our Q 10 analysis, we present the results with all data points included, which show Q 10 values of >2 throughout the soil profile, indicating that all soil depths responded to warming.