Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems
Soil is one of the largest carbon reservoirs sequestering more carbon than vegetation and atmosphere. Due to the enormous potential of soil to sequester atmospheric CO2, it becomes a feasible option to alleviate the current and impending effects of changing climate. Soil is a vulnerable resource glo...
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| author | Shiwani Sharma, Pankaj Kumar Jain and Prama Esther Soloman |
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| description | Soil is one of the largest carbon reservoirs sequestering more carbon than vegetation and atmosphere. Due to the enormous potential of soil to sequester atmospheric CO2, it becomes a feasible option to alleviate the current and impending effects of changing climate. Soil is a vulnerable resource globally because it is highly susceptible to global environmental problems such as land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Therefore, protecting and monitoring worldwide soil carbon pools is a complicated challenge. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a vital factor affecting soil health since it is a major component of SOM and contributes to food production. This review attempts to summarize the information on carbon sequestration, storage, and carbon pools in the major terrestrial ecosystems and underpin soil carbon responses under climate change and mitigation strategies. Topography, pedogenic, and climatic factors mainly affect carbon input and stabilization. Humid conditions and low temperature favor high soil organic carbon content. Whereas warmer and drier regions have low SOC stocks. Tropical peatlands and mangrove ecosystems have the highest SOC stock. The soil of drylands stores 95% of the global Soil Inorganic Carbon (SIC) stock. Grasslands include rangelands, shrublands, pasturelands, and croplands. They hold about 1/5th of the world’s total soil carbon stocks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d897c84eb8f4812af504ce5500ae56f2023-12-08T06:14:21ZengTechnoscience PublicationsNature Environment and Pollution Technology0972-62682395-34542023-12-012241809181910.46488/NEPT.2023.v22i04.009Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial EcosystemsShiwani Sharma, Pankaj Kumar Jain and Prama Esther SolomanSoil is one of the largest carbon reservoirs sequestering more carbon than vegetation and atmosphere. Due to the enormous potential of soil to sequester atmospheric CO2, it becomes a feasible option to alleviate the current and impending effects of changing climate. Soil is a vulnerable resource globally because it is highly susceptible to global environmental problems such as land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Therefore, protecting and monitoring worldwide soil carbon pools is a complicated challenge. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a vital factor affecting soil health since it is a major component of SOM and contributes to food production. This review attempts to summarize the information on carbon sequestration, storage, and carbon pools in the major terrestrial ecosystems and underpin soil carbon responses under climate change and mitigation strategies. Topography, pedogenic, and climatic factors mainly affect carbon input and stabilization. Humid conditions and low temperature favor high soil organic carbon content. Whereas warmer and drier regions have low SOC stocks. Tropical peatlands and mangrove ecosystems have the highest SOC stock. The soil of drylands stores 95% of the global Soil Inorganic Carbon (SIC) stock. Grasslands include rangelands, shrublands, pasturelands, and croplands. They hold about 1/5th of the world’s total soil carbon stocks.https://neptjournal.com/upload-images/(9)B-4001.pdfcarbon storage, carbon sequestration, carbon pools, soil organic carbon, soc stocks |
| spellingShingle | Shiwani Sharma, Pankaj Kumar Jain and Prama Esther Soloman Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems Nature Environment and Pollution Technology carbon storage, carbon sequestration, carbon pools, soil organic carbon, soc stocks |
| title | Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| title_full | Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| title_short | Carbon Storage Potential of Soil in Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| title_sort | carbon storage potential of soil in diverse terrestrial ecosystems |
| topic | carbon storage, carbon sequestration, carbon pools, soil organic carbon, soc stocks |
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