Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

Global peatlands are a valuable but vulnerable resource. They represent a significant
carbon and energy reservoir and play major roles in water and biogeochemical cycles. Peat …

The largest terrestrial organic carbon pool, carbon in soils, is regulated by an intricate
connection between plant carbon inputs, microbial activity, and the soil matrix. This is …

Despite a large body of studies investigating soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and potential
influencing factors, the impact of contrasting parent material, particularly in the subsoil, has …

Correlations between organic carbon (OC) and fine mineral particles corroborate the
important role of the abundance of soil minerals with reactive surfaces to bind and increase …

In recent years, toxic pollution from heavy metal (loid) s in soil has become a severe
environmental problem worldwide. The migration and transformation of heavy metal (loid) s …

Mechanisms for C stabilization in soils have received much interest recently due to their
relevance in the global C cycle. Here we review the mechanisms that are currently, but often …

Plant litter and the microbial biomass are the major parent materials for soil organic matter
(SOM) formation. Plant litter is composed of complex mixtures of organic components …

Lignins are amongst the most studied macromolecules in natural environments. During the
last decades, lignins were considered as important components for the carbon cycle in soils …

Traditionally, the selective preservation of certain recalcitrant organic compounds and the
formation of recalcitrant humic substances have been regarded as an important mechanism …