Permafrost soils and carbon cycling

CL Ping, JD Jastrow, MT Jorgenson, GJ Michaelson… - Soil, 2015 - soil.copernicus.org
Knowledge of soils in the permafrost region has advanced immensely in recent decades,
despite the remoteness and inaccessibility of most of the region and the sampling limitations …

Soil burial contributes to deep soil organic carbon storage

NT Chaopricha, E Marín-Spiotta - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Understanding the source of soil organic carbon (SOC) in deep soil horizons and the
processes influencing its turnover is critical for predicting the response of this large reservoir …

Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

U Mishra, G Hugelius, E Shelef, Y Yang, J Strauss… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Large stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) have accumulated in the Northern Hemisphere
permafrost region, but their current amounts and future fate remain uncertain. By analyzing …

Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps

G Hugelius, J Strauss, S Zubrzycki, JW Harden… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
Soils and other unconsolidated deposits in the northern circumpolar permafrost region store
large amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC). This SOC is potentially vulnerable to …

Soil organic carbon stocks in topsoil and subsoil controlled by parent material, carbon input in the rhizosphere, and microbial-derived compounds

G Angst, J Messinger, M Greiner, W Häusler… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite a large body of studies investigating soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and potential
influencing factors, the impact of contrasting parent material, particularly in the subsoil, has …

Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

EAG Schuur, BW Abbott, WB Bowden, V Brovkin… - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
Approximately 1700 Pg of soil carbon (C) are stored in the northern circumpolar permafrost
zone, more than twice as much C than in the atmosphere. The overall amount, rate, and form …

Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes

MT Jorgenson, J Harden, M Kanevskiy… - Environmental …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The diversity of ecosystems across boreal landscapes, successional changes after
disturbance and complicated permafrost histories, present enormous challenges for …

The main factors controlling spatial variability of soil organic carbon in a small karst watershed, Guizhou Province, China

Y Bai, Y Zhou - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important component of the global carbon pool. Assessment
of SOC in a karst mountainous area is a great challenge due to the high spatial …

Variation in soil organic carbon by slope aspect in the middle of the Qilian Mountains in the upper Heihe River Basin, China

Y Qin, Q Feng, NM Holden, J Cao - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Topography has an influence on both abiotic (eg soil) and biotic (eg vegetation) factors
influencing soil organic carbon (SOC). In this study, three slope aspects, south-facing, semi …

Organic carbon pools in mountain soils—Sources of variability and predicted changes in relation to climate and land use changes

O Bojko, C Kabala - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
The overall impact of individual environmental factors on the content of soil organic carbon
(SOC) is well known, but the simultaneous impacts of natural and anthropogenic factors on …