Soil is the largest reservoir of carbon (C) in the terrestrial biosphere and a slight variation in
this pool could lead to substantial changes in the atmospheric CO2 concentration, thus …

Policies that encourage greenhouse‐gas emitters to mitigate emissions through terrestrial
carbon (C) offsets–C sequestration in soils or biomass–will promote practices that reduce …

Soil-based initiatives to mitigate climate change and restore soil fertility both rely on
rebuilding soil organic carbon. Controversy about the role soils might play in climate change …

Precise determination of changes in organic carbon (OC) stocks is prerequisite to
understand the role of soils in the global cycling of carbon and to verify changes in stocks …

Human societies rely on the vast diversity of benefits provided by nature, such as food,
fibres, construction materials, clean water, clean air and climate regulation. All the elements …

Soil organic carbon plays a major role in the global carbon budget, and can act as a source
or a sink of atmospheric carbon, thereby possibly influencing the course of climate change …

Carbon stored in soils contributes to a variety of soil functions, including biomass production,
water storage and filtering, biodiversity maintenance, and many other ecosystem services …

Using soil organic carbon (SOC) to generate carbon offsets requires reliably quantifying
SOC sequestration. However, accuracy of SOC measurement is limited by inherent spatial …

Livestock contribute directly (ie as methane and nitrous oxide (N2O)) to about 9% of global
anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and around 3% of UK emissions. If all …

Altered rates of native soil organic matter (SOM) mineralisation in the presence of labile C
substrate ('priming'), is increasingly recognised as central to the coupling of plant and soil …