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Mitigating climate change in soil ecosystems involves complex plant and microbial processes regulating carbon pools and flows. Here, we advocate for the use of soil microbiome interventions to help increase...
Science of The Total Environment
Climate change and grazing impact soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, increasing with altitude due to cooler temperatures and higher precipitation. Grazing decreased SOC, while manure and liming partially mitigated losses....
PubMed
Integrating soil microbiota into restoration planning, interventions, and monitoring is vital for tackling biodiversity loss and climate change. This review emphasizes how incorporating soil microbiota enhances restoration outcomes, improves ecosystem...
Soil Use and Management
Soil amendments can significantly enhance soil quality and ryegrass growth in alpine grasslands. This study compared the effects of cattle manure, straw, and mushroom substrate on soil properties and ryegrass...
European Journal of Soil Biology
Long-term warming and land-use changes impact soil CO2 and N2O emissions differently, with significant implications for climate change mitigation. This 8-year soil transplant experiment in northeastern China found that warming...
Nature
The study examines the carbon sink potential of Tibetan grasslands and advocates for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enhance carbon sequestration. Using literature review, meta-analysis, and model simulations, results indicate NbS...
European Geosciences Union
Accurate SOC quantification is crucial for soil carbon crediting programs. In this study, authors conducted a blind external service comparison among eight labs, revealing high variability in SOC measurements due...
Science of The Total Environment
Forests store carbon (C) and help reduce atmospheric CO2, driving global tree planting to offset emissions. However, benefits vary based on C sequestration reversibility, energy balance impacts, and local ecosystem...
Nature
Agricultural management and climatic factors (warming) can interact to alter microbial community composition, physiology and functions and, in turn, soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and accrual in croplands.
Nature
Wetland methane emissions are more temperature-dependent than CO2 emissions, driven by soil C-to-N ratios and organic matter decomposability. The study finds that only 23% of global wetlands will reduce methane...
Nature
Global soils may release 0.22–0.53 petagrams of carbon annually due to warming, intensifying climate change. This shift from carbon sinks to sources complicates global warming mitigation efforts. Current models overestimate...
Carbon Management
Agricultural practices can sequester SOC to mitigate climate change. In this article, authors identify and explain four key uncertainties: 1) predicted SOC and GHG changes, 2) social and economic constraints,...
Nature
Climate extremes under 1.5°C warming mostly worsen soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, varying by ecosystem. The study finds that cold spell reductions positively affect SOC, while extreme wet days have...
Science of The Total Environment
Warming affects plant-derived carbon more than microbial carbon, influenced by ecosystem types and climatic regions. This meta-analysis of 142 studies reveals that global warming increases soil carbon pools by 5.46%,...
Nature
Commitments to net-zero CO2 or GHG emissions now cover 88% of global emissions. However, CO2 emissions and removals may not have equivalent climate impacts due to factors like impermanence and...
Archives of Microbiology
Forests are crucial carbon sinks, but their C storage capacity is reduced by land use and climate change. This study found a global deficit of 226 Gt in forest carbon...
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
Deep soil organic carbon (SOC) responds differently to global change compared to surface SOC due to weaker biotic controls and stronger mineral influences at depth. This review highlights the need...
Nature
Restoring plant diversity can enhance soil carbon sequestration, especially in warm and arid climates. The study shows that across 84 grasslands globally, higher plant diversity correlates with greater soil carbon...
Land Degradation and Development
Biochar application increased soil CO2 emissions (7.4%) and crop yield (9.4%), while decreasing methane (−13.0%) and nitrous oxide emissions (−26.8%), global warming potential (−7.7%), and greenhouse gas intensity (−14.3%). The...
Nature
Drought alters soil microbial activity and carbon allocation, increasing CO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions to the atmosphere. This study found that while CO2 efflux decreased due to reduced...
PLOS Biology
Manipulating the microbiome of cropland soils has the potential to accelerate soil carbon sequestration, but strategies to do so need to be carefully vetted. Here, we highlight the general steps...
Nature
Elevated CO2 and warming reduced net CH4 flux in coastal wetlands due to increased aerobic decomposition. Whereas warming alone stimulated methane (CH4) emissions, according to this four-year field study, highlighting...
Nature
Land conversion to crop production results in high soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, though this can be partially mitigated by introducing trees or adding biochar and organic amendments. Forest management...
Nature
Focusing on mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) for long-term carbon storage is important, but not enough due to diverse formation pathways and environmental variations. Effective soil management should also address particulate...
Nature
Forestation significantly contributes to carbon sequestration, storing 913.19 ± 47.58 Tg C in northern China, with 74% in biomass and 26% in soil. This large-scale study of 25304 trees and...
Nature
This study examines how microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) influences soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and persistence using global datasets, modeling, and meta-analysis. Findings reveal that CUE is four times...
PubMed
Regenerating SOC in agricultural soils can mitigate global warming and sustain food production. This meta-analysis reveals that practices such as no-till, cropping system intensification, and integrated crop-livestock (ICL) increase particulate...
Nature
Active and natural restoration both enhance soil carbon sequestration but vary in effectiveness. In a large-scale study across China, active restoration sequestered more carbon in carbon-poor soils and topsoil, while...
Nature
In 2022, global CO2 emissions rose by 1.5% to 36.1 GtCO2, consuming up to 36% of the remaining carbon budget for limiting warming to 1.5°C. Despite a 5.4% drop in...
MDPI
Soil microbes in saline-alkali lands can significantly enhance soil carbon sequestration by forming inorganic carbon. This study isolated microbes from the Yellow River Delta and identified ten strains (bacterial and...
Global Change Biology
Environmental microbiome engineering offers a new strategy for climate change mitigation by optimizing microbial communities for carbon stabilization. This review covers the process of microbial sourcing, design, and delivery, and...
Microbial Ecology
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance SOC sequestration under water stress (WS) by increasing glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) production. AMF increased GRSP production and SOC, and soil aggregate stability, particularly under...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
Combining Sewage Sludge and Cyanobacteria is a promising strategy for enhancing soil quality and carbon gain in dryland agriculture.
Nature
Soil microorganisms are crucial for soil functions like carbon and nutrient cycling, but understanding their spatial-temporal dynamics is limited. This study used global data and modeling to examine soil microbial...
MDPI
Cover crops and no-till management can enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, offering potential climate change mitigation benefits. This study found that no-till and cover crops significantly increased SOC (%OC)...
Science of The Total Environment
Improved tillage practices can enhance soil carbon sequestration (SCS), reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and mitigate nutrient and pesticide leaching. This study examines the co-benefits and trade-offs of various tillage...
Science of The Total Environment
Soil carbon sequestration (SCS) involves capturing atmospheric carbon in soil, with soil microbial communities (SMC) playing a critical role in carbon cycling and nutrient delivery. This study reviews 197 publications,...
Climate Policy
A global carbon tax is more effective in reducing agricultural GHG emissions compared to unilateral EU taxes, with a EUR 120 per ton CO2-eq tax cutting emissions by 19%, though...
Nature
Warming will lead to substantial soil carbon (C) losses, but Earth system models (ESMs) may underestimate this risk. Analysis of over 9,000 soil profiles shows C storage declines strongly with...
Chemosphere
Microalgae, with their high CO2 capture potential and biomass productivity, offer a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers. This review explores the benefits of algal biochar as an eco-friendly fertilizer, its...
Nature
Warming will cause significant global soil organic carbon (SOC) losses due to increased microbial activity despite uncertainties. The evidence includes increased soil respiration with temperature and SOC accumulation in colder...
Nature
This study shows that nutrient amendment reduced bacterial diversity, centralizing carbon flow through fewer taxa. Key genera (Bradyrhizobium, RB41, Streptomyces) were responsible for 45–57% of carbon flux. Bacteria that used...
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil microbiome plays...
