Noordwijk et al. (2023): Soils as Carbon Stores and Sinks: Expectations, Patterns, Processes, and Prospects of Transitions
Meine van Noordwijk, Ermias Aynekulu, Renske Hijbeek, Eleanor Milne, Budiman Minasny, Danny Dwi Saputra IN: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 48, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-112621-083121
The few percent of soil organic carbon (SOC) among mineral components form the interface of climate, plant growth, soil biological processes, physical transport infrastructure, and chemical transformations. The authors explore maps, models, myths, motivation, means of implementation, and modalities for transformation. Theories of place relate geographic variation in SOC to climate, soil types, land cover, and profile depth. Process-level theories of biophysical change and socioeconomic theories of induced change explain SOC transitions that follow from land use change when a declining curve is bent and recovery toward SOC saturation starts.