How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal

P Smith, JF Soussana, D Angers… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing international interest in better managing soils to increase soil organic
carbon (SOC) content to contribute to climate change mitigation, to enhance resilience to …

Policies for agricultural nitrogen management—trends, challenges and prospects for improved efficiency in Denmark

T Dalgaard, B Hansen, B Hasler, O Hertel… - Environmental …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
With more than 60% of the land farmed, with vulnerable freshwater and marine
environments, and with one of the most intensive, export-oriented livestock sectors in the …

Soil organic carbon stocks in European croplands and grasslands: How much have we lost in the past decade?

D De Rosa, C Ballabio, E Lugato… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EU Soil Strategy 2030 aims to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) in
agricultural land to enhance soil health and support biodiversity as well as to offset …

Digital mapping of soil organic carbon contents and stocks in Denmark

K Adhikari, AE Hartemink, B Minasny, R Bou Kheir… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Estimation of carbon contents and stocks are important for carbon sequestration,
greenhouse gas emissions and national carbon balance inventories. For Denmark, we …

Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long‐term bare‐fallow soils

R Farina, R Sándor, M Abdalla… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Simulation models represent soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in global carbon (C) cycle
scenarios to support climate‐change studies. It is imperative to increase confidence in long …

Projected loss of soil organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils in the 21st century: effects of climate change and carbon input trends

M Wiesmeier, C Poeplau, CA Sierra, H Maier… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Climate change and stagnating crop yields may cause a decline of SOC stocks in
agricultural soils leading to considerable CO2 emissions and reduced agricultural …

Stocks of organic carbon in German agricultural soils—Key results of the first comprehensive inventory

C Poeplau, A Jacobs, A Don, C Vos… - Journal of Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background: There is considerable uncertainty about the actual size of the global soil
organic carbon (SOC) pool and its spatial distribution due to insufficient and heterogeneous …

Feasibility of the 4 per 1000 initiative in Bavaria: A reality check of agricultural soil management and carbon sequestration scenarios

M Wiesmeier, S Mayer, J Burmeister, R Hübner… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
An increase of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils does not only have
positive effects on soil quality and soil resilience but may also contribute to climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of reduced tillage on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks in an organic grass-clover ley-winter wheat cropping sequence

M Krauss, R Ruser, T Müller, S Hansen, P Mäder… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic reduced tillage aims to combine the environmental benefits of organic farming and
conservation tillage to increase sustainability and soil quality. In temperate climates, there is …

The role of soil organic matter for maintaining crop yields: Evidence for a renewed conceptual basis

P Schjønning, JL Jensen, S Bruun, LS Jensen… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is believed to play a crucial role for many soil functions and
ecosystem services. Despite much research, a lower threshold of SOC for sustainable crop …