The global magnitude (Pg) of soil organic carbon (SOC) is 677 to 0.3‐m, 993 to 0.5‐m, and
1,505 to 1‐m depth. Thus,~ 55% of SOC to 1‐m lies below 0.3‐m depth. Soils of …

Reported potentials for sequestration of carbon in soils of agricultural lands are overly
optimistic because they assume that all degraded cropland and grassland can be subjected …

An increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 from 280 ppmv in 1750 to 367 ppmv in
1999 is attributed to emissions from fossil fuel combustion estimated at 270±30 Pg C and …

Soils represent a massive stock of terrestrial organic carbon (C) and act both as a buffer
against atmospheric CO 2 increase and as a potential sink for additional C depending on …

The tropics cover 8.2 billion hectares or approximately 40% of the world's land area. These
regions are characterized by a large portion of the world's rapidly increasing population …

Soil contains approximately 2344Gt (1 gigaton= 1 billion tonnes) of organic carbon globally
and is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon. Small changes in the soil organic carbon …

When assessing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and its climate change (CC)
mitigation potential at global scale, the dynamic nature of soil carbon storage and …

There is a strong link between food security and the carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems,
notably the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool. Quantity and quality of the SOC pool are …

Carbon stored in soils worldwide exceeds the amount of carbon stored in phytomass and
the atmosphere. Despite the large quantity of carbon stored as soil organic carbon (SOC) …

In the presence of climate change, land degradation and biodiversity loss, soils have
become one of the most vulnerable resources. Soils are a major carbon reservoir containing …