Wu et al. (2025): Carbon sequestration induced by enhanced silicate rock weathering in a temperate larch plantation in Northeastern China
Zhou Wu, Chenxia Su, Meixia Gao, Ronghua Kang, Daniel S. Goll, Meng Yao, Zihan Tai, Ang Wang, Qing-Wei Wang and Yunting Fang, IN: Forest Ecology and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123456
Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a promising strategy for sequestering carbon (C) via removing atmospheric CO₂ as bicarbonate or carbonate. Previous in-situ field experiments concentrated on inorganic C sequestration by ERW, while paying little attention to the response at an ecosystem scale. In forest ecosystems, soil organic C (SOC) and tree growth represent major components of ecosystem carbon storage, and their responses to ERW could contribute to additional carbon sequestration. In this study, the authors applied wollastonite powder (0, 5, and 10 t ha−1) to a larch plantation in Northeast China and monitored soil CO₂ flux, soil C dynamics, and tree growth.