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 …

The deep soil organic carbon response to global change

CE Hicks Pries, R Ryals, B Zhu, K Min… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over 70% of soil organic carbon (SOC) is stored at a depth greater than 20 cm belowground.
A portion of this deep SOC actively cycles on annual to decadal timescales and is sensitive …

Global turnover of soil mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon

Z Zhou, C Ren, C Wang, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence is predominantly governed by mineral protection,
consequently, soil mineral-associated (MAOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) …

Nitrogen increases soil organic carbon accrual and alters its functionality

B Tang, KS Rocci, A Lehmann… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) availability has been considered as a critical factor for the cycling and storage
of soil organic carbon (SOC), but effects of N enrichment on the SOC pool appear highly …

No detectable upper limit of mineral‐associated organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils

N Begill, A Don, C Poeplau - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is a promising climate change mitigation option. In
this context, the formation of the relatively long‐lived mineral‐associated organic carbon …

Large-scale ecosystem carbon stocks and their driving factors across Loess Plateau

Y Yang, L Liu, P Zhang, F Wu, Y Wang, C Xu, L Zhang… - Carbon Neutrality, 2023 - Springer
The large-scale vegetation restoration project on the Loess Plateau increased the
ecosystem carbon (C) stocks and affected C budget in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. The …

Sphagnum increases soil's sequestration capacity of mineral-associated organic carbon via activating metal oxides

Y Zhao, C Liu, X Li, L Ma, G Zhai, X Feng - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Sphagnum wetlands are global hotspots for carbon storage, conventionally attributed to the
accumulation of decay-resistant litter. However, the buildup of mineral-associated organic …

Distinct, direct and climate‐mediated environmental controls on global particulate and mineral‐associated organic carbon storage

PM Hansen, R Even, AE King, J Lavallee… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying controls on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, and where SOC is most
vulnerable to loss, are essential to managing soils for both climate change mitigation and …

Necromass-derived soil organic carbon and its drivers at the global scale

Y Cao, J Ding, J Li, Z **n, S Ren, T Wang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial residual carbon (MRC) plays an important role in maintaining soil carbon stability
and is therefore a focus of soil organic carbon (SOC) estimation. However, the global pattern …

Restoring particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon through regenerative agriculture

AM Prairie, AE King, MF Cotrufo - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Sustainability of agricultural production and mitigation of global warming rely on the
regeneration of soil organic carbon (SOC), in particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral …