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 …

Carbon sequestration strategies in soil using biochar: advances, challenges, and opportunities

L Luo, J Wang, J Lv, Z Liu, T Sun, Y Yang… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biochar, a carbon (C)-rich material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass
under oxygen-limited environments, has been proposed as one of the most promising …

Microbial necromass in cropland soils: A global meta‐analysis of management effects

R Zhou, Y Liu, JAJ Dungait, A Kumar… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial necromass is a large and persistent component of soil organic carbon (SOC),
especially under croplands. The effects of cropland management on microbial necromass …

Calcium promotes persistent soil organic matter by altering microbial transformation of plant litter

IA Shabtai, RC Wilhelm, SA Schweizer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Calcium (Ca) can contribute to soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence by mediating physico-
chemical interactions between organic compounds and minerals. Yet, Ca is also crucial for …

The State of the World's Arable Land

L Olsson, F Cotrufo, T Crews, J Franklin… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
For millennia, agriculture has been sha** landscapes on Earth. Technological change
has increased agricultural productivity dramatically, especially in the past six decades, but …

Microbial carbon use efficiency in different ecosystems: A meta‐analysis based on a biogeochemical equilibrium model

P He, Y Zhang, Q Shen, N Ling… - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is a crucial parameter that can be used to
evaluate the partitioning of soil carbon (C) between microbial growth and respiration …

Biogeochemical constraints on climate change mitigation through regenerative farming

WH Schlesinger - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
This review suggests that most of the management practices associated with regenerative
agriculture are not likely to lead to a large net sequestration of organic carbon in soils. Some …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of biodegradable PBAT microplastics on the C and N accumulation of functional organic pools in tropical latosol

M Chen, M Cao, W Zhang, X Chen, H Liu, Z Ning… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution is becoming an emerging global stressor for soil ecosystems.
However, studies on the impacts of biodegradable MPs on soil C sequestration have been …

Tree species diversity increases soil microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest

P Duan, R Fu, AT Nottingham… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant communities strongly influence soil microbial communities and, in turn, soil carbon (C)
cycling. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is an important parameter for predicting soil C …

Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands

B Shi, M Delgado-Baquerizo, AK Knapp, MD Smith… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The increasing prevalence of drought events in grasslands and shrublands worldwide
potentially has impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC). We leveraged the International …