Increased soil salinity alters global inorganic carbon storage, finds study

A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil ...
EurekAlert!

New study clarifies microbial role in global soil carbon cycle

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

Ecosystem productivity shapes how soil microbes store or release carbon, challenging old assumptions

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...
insider.si.edu

Soil processes and the carbon cycle edited by Rattan Lal [and others]

Ch. 1. Pedospheric Processes and the Carbon Cycle / R. Lal, J. Kimble and R. Follett -- Ch. 2. Stocks and Dynamics of Soil Carbon Following Deforestation for Pasture in Rondonia / Christopher Neill, ...
Frontiers

Boosting grassland performance through plant diversity and soil carbon processes

Agricultural systems face a dual and often conflicting challenge: sustaining food production while restoring soil functions under climate and land ...
New Scientist

Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil

Viruses that infect other microbes may influence the movement of more than a billion tonnes of carbon in soil, according to the first attempt at quantifying their role in one of the planet’s main ...
Science Daily

Direct measurements can reduce uncertainty in soil carbon credit markets

Scientists find a 'measure and remeasure' approach is a feasible method of verifying soil carbon storage in croplands for climate mitigation. Directly measuring soil carbon rather than relying on ...
news.iastate.edu

Cover crops provide an often-overlooked reduction in soil carbon erosion, study finds

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...
Los Angeles Times

How farming can turn carbon from a climate threat into an asset

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in upstate New York. I’ve had a front-row seat to the tribulations and glories of raising a large flock of ...