Due to their substantial volume, subsoils contain more of the total soil carbon (C) pool than
topsoils. Much of this C is thousands of years old, suggesting that subsoils offer …

Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

Land degradation is a complex socio-environmental threat, which generally occurs as
multiple concurrent pathways that remain largely unexplored in Europe. Here we present an …

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 …

Natural revegetation, afforestation, and lignocellulosic crops for bioenergy, possibly coupled
with a develo** technology like carbon capture and storage, are the most common land …

Organic farming is often considered a strategy that increases croplands' soil organic carbon
(SOC) stock. However, organic farms currently occupy only a small fraction of cropland, and …

There are two main life cycles in plants—annual and perennial,. These life cycles are
associated with different traits that determine ecosystem function,. Although life cycles are …

Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological
activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores. In …

A continuously growing pressure to increase food, fiber, and fuel production to meet
worldwide demand and achieve zero hunger has put severe pressure on soil resources …

a bstract Efforts to manage soils for carbon (C) sequestration remain limited by our
understanding of how differences in plant traits and microbial traits mechanistically drive soil …