Unveiling the crucial role of soil microorganisms in carbon cycling: A review

H Wu, H Cui, C Fu, R Li, F Qi, Z Liu, G Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms, by actively participating in the decomposition and transformation of
organic matter through diverse metabolic pathways, play a pivotal role in carbon cycling …

Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage

F Tao, Y Huang, BA Hungate, S Manzoni, SD Frey… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Soils store more carbon than other terrestrial ecosystems,. How soil organic carbon (SOC)
forms and persists remains uncertain,, which makes it challenging to understand how it will …

Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

K Georgiou, RB Jackson, O Vindušková… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change
mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023‏ - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

M Spohn, S Bagchi, LA Biederman, ET Borer… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant
diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of …

Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change

A Hu, M Choi, AJ Tanentzap, J Liu, KS Jang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Microbes regulate the composition and turnover of organic matter. Here we developed a
framework called Energy-Diversity-Trait integrative Analysis to quantify how dissolved …

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 …

Unraveling the potential of microbes in decomposition of organic matter and release of carbon in the ecosystem

T Raza, MF Qadir, KS Khan, NS Eash, M Yousuf… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Organic matter decomposition is a biochemical process with consequences affecting climate
change and ecosystem productivity. Once decomposition begins, C is lost as CO 2 or …

Microbially mediated mechanisms underlie soil carbon accrual by conservation agriculture under decade-long warming

J Tian, JAJ Dungait, R Hou, Y Deng, IP Hartley… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands by switching from conventional to
conservation management may be hampered by stimulated microbial decomposition under …