de Moraes Sá et al. (2025): Net zero and net negative emissions in Brazilian biomes by no-till system
João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Yadunath Bajgai, Carla Gavilan, Ademir De Oliveira Ferreira, Clever Briedis, Thiago Massao Inagaki, Daniel Ruiz Potma Gonçalves and JeanKleber Bortoluzzi, IN: Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180720
No-till systems (NTS) predicated on the tenets of conservation agriculture principles are a viable agricultural paradigm to achieve net zero or net negative emissions. The authors assessed the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions based on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock changes in 1-m depth by plow-based tillage (PBT) and the mitigation potential through a no-till system (NTS) across 26 sites in the Cerrado biome and 37 sites in the Atlantic Forest biome.