Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change: a critical re‐examination to identify the true and the false

DS Powlson, AP Whitmore… - European journal of soil …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The term 'carbon sequestration'is commonly used to describe any increase in soil organic
carbon (SOC) content caused by a change in land management, with the implication that …

Carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation—Definitions and pitfalls

A Don, F Seidel, J Leifeld, T Kätterer… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The term carbon (C) sequestration has not just become a buzzword but is something of a
siren's call to scientific communicators and media outlets. Carbon sequestration is the …

Soil organic matter research and climate change: merely re-storing carbon versus restoring soil functions

PC Baveye, LS Schnee, P Boivin, M Laba… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over the last two decades, the sequestration of carbon in soils has often been advocated as
a solution to mitigate the steady increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, one …

Soil carbon sequestration in the context of climate change mitigation: A review

CID Rodrigues, LM Brito, LJR Nunes - Soil Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review article aims to acknowledge the multifaceted functions of soil, and given its
status as the largest terrestrial carbon store, to reaffirm its previously established importance …

Soils as carbon sinks: the global context

P Smith - Soil use and management, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Soil carbon sequestration could meet at most about one‐third of the current yearly increase
in atmospheric CO2‐carbon, but the duration of the effect would be limited, with significant …

Review of existing information on the interrelations between soil and climate change.(ClimSoil). Final report

R Schils, P Kuikman, J Liski, M Van Oijen, P Smith… - 2008 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
Carbon stock in EU soils–The soil carbon stocks in the EU27 are around 75 billion tonnes of
carbon (C); of this stock around 50% is located in Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom …

Carbon sequestration in soils: some cautions amidst optimism

WH Schlesinger - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2000 - Elsevier
A sink for atmospheric carbon (ie, CO2) in soils may derive from the application of
conservation tillage and the regrowth of native vegetation on abandoned agricultural land …

Soil carbon: a measure of ecosystem response in a changing world?

HH Janzen - Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
The global carbon (C) cycle is changing, as evident from abrupt increases in atmospheric
CO2. These changes have sparked interest in agricultural soils as potential repositories for …

Soil carbon sequestration is an elusive climate mitigation tool

R Amundson, L Biardeau - Proceedings of the National …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The need to stabilize the greenhouse gas concentrations of the atmosphere is the great
environmental challenge of this century. To control these concentrations, humanity can …

Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change

R Lal - Geoderma, 2004 - Elsevier
The increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 by 31% since 1750 from fossil fuel
combustion and land use change necessitates identification of strategies for mitigating the …