[HTML][HTML] Unlocking complex soil systems as carbon sinks: multi-pool management as the key

G Angst, KE Mueller, MJ Castellano, C Vogel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Much research focuses on increasing carbon storage in mineral-associated organic matter
(MAOM), in which carbon may persist for centuries to millennia. However, MAOM-targeted …

Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective

NW Sokol, ED Whalen, A Jilling… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest actively cycling reservoir of terrestrial carbon (C),
and the majority of SOM in Earth's mineral soils (~ 65%) is mineral‐associated organic …

[HTML][HTML] How does management affect soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in boreal and temperate forests?–A review

R Mäkipää, R Abramoff, B Adamczyk, V Baldy… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global forest carbon (C) stock is estimated at 662 Gt of which 45% is in soil organic
matter. Thus, comprehensive understanding of the effects of forest management practices on …

Modeling ecosystem-scale carbon dynamics in soil: the microbial dimension

J Schimel - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In predicting how soil C fluxes and stocks will change with the environment, models are a
critical tool for integrating datasets with theory. Models developed in the 1980's were based …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations

K Georgiou, CD Koven, WR Wieder, MD Hartman… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil organic matter decomposition and its interactions with climate depend on whether the
organic matter is associated with soil minerals. However, data limitations have hindered …

Carbon acquisition ecological strategies to connect soil microbial biodiversity and carbon cycling

EM Morrissey, J Kane, BM Tripathi, MSI Rion… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil carbon feedbacks to global change are uncertain, and the biological processes that
govern soil organic matter decomposition are not resolved in current ecosystem models …

[HTML][HTML] Soil organic carbon models need independent time-series validation for reliable prediction

J Le Noë, S Manzoni, R Abramoff, T Bölscher… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Numerical models are crucial to understand and/or predict past and future soil organic
carbon dynamics. For those models aiming at prediction, validation is a critical step to gain …

[HTML][HTML] Process-oriented analysis of dominant sources of uncertainty in the land carbon sink

M O'sullivan, P Friedlingstein, S Sitch, P Anthoni… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The observed global net land carbon sink is captured by current land models. All models
agree that atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen deposition driven gains in carbon stocks are …

Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems

R Wooliver, S Jagadamma - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Agroecosystems have a large potential for soil carbon (C) sequestration, and cover cropping
is one management practice that can enhance soil C while providing other ecological and …

The challenge of selecting an appropriate soil organic carbon simulation model: A comprehensive global review and validation assessment

A Garsia, A Moinet, C Vazquez… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Promotion of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a potential solution to support
climate change mitigation as well as more sustainable farming systems is rising steeply. As …