Zhao et al. (2025): Is the topsoil carbon sequestration potential underestimated of agricultural soils under best management?
Zheng Zhao, Tong Li, Kun Cheng, Genxing Pan IN: Soil and Tillage Research, 250, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106528
When estimating changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stock under best management practices (BMPs), a default soil depth is often used without considering that BMPs may alter the topsoil depth (through volume expansion in line with the changes in bulk density), potentially leading to an underestimation of C sequestration. To achieve a more robust estimate of SOC stock change, it is necessary to rectify soil depth.