I ntergovernmental P anel on C limate C hange (IPCC) T ier 1 methodologies commonly
underpin project‐scale carbon accounting for changes in land use and management and …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on ways to increase sequestration and retention of
carbon (C) in soils. The chapter also monitors the actual C sequestration accomplished in …

Living plants change the local environment in the rhizosphere and consequently affect the
rate of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. The rate may increase for 3‐to 5‐folds, or …

Present understanding of the global carbon cycle is limited by uncertainty over soil-carbon
dynamics,,,,,. The clearing of the world's forests, mainly for agricultural uses, releases large …

Increasing human demands on soil-derived ecosystem services requires reliable data on
global soil resources for sustainable development. The soil organic carbon (SOC) pool is a …

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary
description of C and N fluxes between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere; issues …

Abstract Changes in soil and vegetation management can impact strongly on the rates of
carbon (C) accumulation and loss in soil, even over short periods of time. Detecting the …

In this paper we estimate the European potential for carbon mitigation of no‐till farming
using results from European tillage experiments. Our calculations suggest some potential in …

To meet economic and environmental demands for about 10 billion people by the mid‐21st
century, humanity will be challenged to double food production from the Earth's soil and …

Pedology was born in the 18th and 19th centuries, when soil was first conceived as a natural
body worthy of its own scientific investigation. For well over a century, pedology explored …