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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Speciation of heavy metals in soils and their immobilization at micro-scale interfaces among diverse soil components

Q Li, Y Wang, Y Li, L Li, M Tang, W Hu, L Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (HM) pollution of soils is a globally important ecological and environmental
problem. Previous studies have focused on i) tracking pollution sources in HM-contaminated …

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

JM Lavallee, JL Soong, MF Cotrufo - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

[HTML][HTML] Dual nature of soil structure: The unity of aggregates and pores

A Yudina, Y Kuzyakov - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil is a hierarchical, self-organizing, and emergent system that supports plant and microbial
growth, enables carbon sequestration, facilitates water fluxes, and provide habitat for …

Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective

NW Sokol, ED Whalen, A Jilling… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest actively cycling reservoir of terrestrial carbon (C),
and the majority of SOM in Earth's mineral soils (~ 65%) is mineral‐associated organic …

Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils-A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

M Wiesmeier, L Urbanski, E Hobley, B Lang… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

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 …

Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration

KM Buckeridge, C Creamer, J Whitaker - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon,
the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification of necromass carbon stocks and its …