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 …

Dynamic interactions at the mineral–organic matter interface

M Kleber, IC Bourg, EK Coward, CM Hansel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Minerals are widely assumed to protect organic matter (OM) from degradation in the
environment, promoting the persistence of carbon in soil and sediments. In this Review, we …

Microaggregates in soils

KU Totsche, W Amelung, MH Gerzabek… - Journal of Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
All soils harbor microaggregates, ie, compound soil structures smaller than 250 µm. These
microaggregates are composed of diverse mineral, organic and biotic materials that are …

Fenton chemistry and reactive oxygen species in soil: Abiotic mechanisms of biotic processes, controls and consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling

GH Yu, Y Kuzyakov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Although most organic matter (OM) in soil is mineralized by microorganisms, the
nonmicrobial processes, eg, Fenton reactions and photo-degradation, strongly contribute to …

A three-year experiment confirms continuous immobilization of cadmium and lead in contaminated paddy field with biochar amendment

R Bian, S Joseph, L Cui, G Pan, L Li, X Liu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination in croplands has been a serious concern because of its high
health risk through soil-food chain transfer. A field experiment was conducted in 2010–2012 …

Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions

PM Vitousek, S Porder, BZ Houlton… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrient limitation to primary productivity and other biological processes is widespread in
terrestrial ecosystems, and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are the most common limiting …

Biogeochemistry of paddy soils

I Kögel-Knabner, W Amelung, Z Cao, S Fiedler… - Geoderma, 2010 - Elsevier
Paddy soils make up the largest anthropogenic wetlands on earth. They may originate from
any type of soil in pedological terms, but are highly modified by anthropogenic activities. The …

Elevated moisture stimulates carbon loss from mineral soils by releasing protected organic matter

W Huang, SJ Hall - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Moisture response functions for soil microbial carbon (C) mineralization remain a critical
uncertainty for predicting ecosystem-climate feedbacks. Theory and models posit that C …

Active iron phases regulate the abiotic transformation of organic carbon during redox fluctuation cycles of paddy soil

N Chen, Q Fu, T Wu, P Cui, G Fang, C Liu… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Iron (Fe) phases are tightly linked to the preservation rather than the loss of organic carbon
(OC) in soil; however, during redox fluctuations, OC may be lost due to Fe phase-mediated …

What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?

VL Bailey, CH Pries, K Lajtha - Environmental Research Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Most empirical and modeling research on soil carbon (C) dynamics has focused on those
processes that control and promote C stabilization. However, we lack a strong …