Global soil carbon

A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene

Anthropogenic activities profoundly impact soil organic carbon (SOC), affecting its contribution to ecosystem services such as climate ...

Soil Carbon - Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

This list provides sources for openly accessible data sets with worldwide coverage for which metadata is available.

Global Soil Organic Carbon Map (GSOCmap) | FAO SOILS PORTAL

FAO.org ... GSOCmap is the first global soil organic carbon map ever produced through a consultative and participatory process involving member countries, which ...

Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks.

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest ...

This article summarizes published estimates of global SOC stocks through time and provides an overview of the likely impacts of management options on SOC ...

Size, distribution, and vulnerability of the global soil inorganic carbon

We report that global soils store 2305 ± 636 (±1 SD) billion tonnes of carbon as SIC over the top 2-meter depth.

Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq)

These maps allow for the estimation of topsoil (0-30 cm) soil organic carbon sequestration potential in agricultural areas under four soil management scenarios: ...

Monitoring changes in global soil organic carbon stocks from space

We introduce a semi-mechanistic model to monitor SOC stocks at a global scale, underpinned by one of the largest worldwide soil database to date.

Study confirms giant store of global soil carbon and highlights its ...

Using a calculation method that is significantly more robust than earlier approaches, the researchers found a whopping 2,305 billion tons of ...

Study reveals giant store of global soil carbon - Phys.org

The researchers found a whopping 2,305 billion tons of carbon stored as SIC in the top two meters of soil worldwide, which is more than five ...

Global soil carbon: new study highlights need for better understanding

Maps of global carbon distribution show that most soil organic carbon is stored at northern latitudes, with a significant quantity locked up in permafrost ...

Global and regional soil organic carbon estimates - ScienceDirect.com

We investigated the magnitudes and distributions of global and regional SOC estimates (ie., density and stocks) based on five widely used global gridded SOC ...

Earth's Soils Reveal Climate, Biodiversity & Food Security Solutions

A new platform to facilitate understanding, discussion, ambition setting and investment for soil carbon protection and restoration.

Global soil organic carbon–climate interactions: Why scales matter

Global soil organic carbon (SOC)–climate interactions are highly relevant to predict future climate change, but need to be unravelled ...

World's soils have lost 133bn tonnes of carbon since the dawn of ...

The world's soils have lost a total of 133bn tonnes of carbon since humans first started farming the land around 12000 years ago, ...

Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates - ESDAC

Metadata:Description: Global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks (t/ha) in topsoil 0-30cm.Data: Global Organic carbon density (t ha-1) for the topsoil ...

On the magnitude and uncertainties of global and regional soil ...

Globally, soil is one of the largest terrestrial carbon reservoirs, with soil organic carbon (SOC) regulating overall soil carbon dynamics. Robust ...

Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage

Soils store more carbon than other terrestrial ecosystems1,2. How soil organic carbon (SOC) forms and persists remains uncertain1,3, which makes it challenging ...

Fast Transit of Carbon Inputs in Global Soil Profiles Regardless of ...

We reveal that on average nearly 25% of new entering carbon leave soil in 1 year irrespective of entering depth, and the remained fraction after 30 years is ...

Global Soil Organic Carbon Stocks In Natural And Urban Ecosystems

The research of doctoral student Shih-Chien Chien and Biology Professor Dr. Jennifer Krumins helps present a globally comprehensive picture ...