Schlagwort: soil carbon sequestration

Peer-reviewed Publications

Jones et al. (2025): Evaluating the economic co-benefits of soil carbon sequestration: The test case of the UK

Philip Jones, Jacqueline Hannam and Chris Collins, IN: Land Use Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107839

There are no known valuations for ecosystem service flows from soil carbon for any country or region in the world. In this paper the authors make a first attempt to generate such data. The study aims were: develop a framework for acquiring international data for application to a specific region (UK); determine whether data limitations render it insufficient to inform the design of policies to encourage more C sequestration. Total ESS flows from existing soil carbon stock were estimated at £ 1140/ha, excluding food and feed.

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Hailu et al. (2025): Evaluation of selected grass species for soil and water conservation, and carbon sequestration under farmland at Jimma Zone, southwestern Ethiopia

Leta Hailu, Gizaw Tesfaye, Wondimagegn Teka, Yalemstehay Debebe and Adugna Bayata, IN: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1552901

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different grass species on soil and water conservation and carbon sequestration at a farmland in Jimma, Ethiopia.

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Tian et al. (2025): Stover return enhances the transformation and sequestration of photosynthetic carbon through regulating soil food web

Yijia Tian, Xinchang Kou, Tingting An, Liangjie Sun, Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, IN: Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146910

In agroecosystems, the biological fixation of atmospheric carbon by crops through photosynthesis is one of the most important precursors of soil carbon sequestration. Residue return as a conservational agricultural management practice replenishes soil carbon substrates and triggers soil food web. However, there is still a lack of studies on the priming effect of residue return on photosynthetic carbon transformation and turnover, and then soil carbon sequestration through regulating soil food web, which hinders us from evaluating the efficiency and sustainability of resource utilization. To analyze the priming effect of residue return, stover return (SR) and stover removal (CK) were conducted in the maize field experiment. Then the situ ¹³C labeling microplot experiment was further carried out to trace crop photosynthetic carbon turnover pathway into soil on the basis of the field experiment.

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Syaranamual et al. (2025): Influence of biochar, compost, and their combination on carbon mineralisation and the priming effect in low-carbon soil: an incubation experiment

Siska Syaranamual, Bahareh Bicharanloo, Shamim Mia & Feike A. Dijkstra, IN: Carbon Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44378-025-00139-z

Integrating biochar and compost into soils can enhance both carbon (C) sequestration and soil fertility. However, their combined effects on C mineralisation and priming in C-poor soils are not well understood. To address this gap, the authors conducted a 120-day laboratory incubation study. They applied biochar (2%) and compost (2%) individually and in combination (1% each) to a soil with low organic C content (0.12%).

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Ghimirey et al. (2025): Understanding soil carbon sequestration: mechanistic insights, management approaches, and future challenges

Vivek Ghimirey, Jay Chaurasia and Nobel Acharya, IN: Carbon Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44378-025-00133-5

Soil carbon sequestration (SCS) is a potent, nature-based solution to mitigate climate change by capturing atmospheric CO₂ and storing it in soils as organic matter or in mineral forms such as carbonates. This study examines data from 2000 to 2025, illustrating how SCS works, its benefits, and the challenges to scaling up at a global level. Organic carbon gets stabilized through processes like microbial action, humification, and plant decomposition, while inorganic carbon gets sequestered in soil minerals after undergoing chemical reactions. Effective methods to enhance SCS include sustainable agricultural practices, such as reduced tillage, cover crops, and agroforestry, as well as the use of biochar, organic compost, and wetland restoration.

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Nature – Seabloom et al. (2025): Multidecadal persistence of soil carbon gains on retired cropland following fertilizer cessation

Eric W. Seabloom, Sarah E. Hobbie, Andrew S. MacDougall and Elizabeth T. Borer, IN: Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01801-5

Humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂), causing major changes in global climate while concurrently increasing the supply of biologically limiting nutrients especially nitrogen (N). Despite myriad negative effects on ecosystems and human health, nutrient pollution can increase the storage of soil carbon (C) in grasslands and retired farmland, potentially reducing atmospheric CO₂. However, the persistence of nutrient-induced soil carbon gains remains a knowledge gap at the heart of a potential policy dilemma: whether reducing nutrient pollution could lead to the release of soil carbon that accumulated under high nutrient supply. Here the authors use a four-decade experiment conducted on retired, marginal cropland to demonstrate that nutrient addition increased soil C storage after intensive tilling, and that these soil C gains persisted for at least three decades following fertilizer and tilling cessation.

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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.

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Wang et al. (2025): Unlocking the potential of microbial necromass for enhancing soil carbon sequestration: A global perspective on cropland management using meta-analysis

Peng Wang, Ji Liu, Ying Liu, Lidong Mo, Junxi Hu, Zhiming Qi, Yong He and Qianjing Jiang, IN: Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.123008

The formation and sequestration of soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands are significantly regulated by microbial necromass, a process strongly influenced by agricultural management. However, how management affects microbial necromass carbon (MNC) and its contributions to SOC stocks from an agroecological perspective remains insufficiently understood. To address this issue, the authors collected 834 paired aggregated experimental data from 77 studies worldwide, incorporated the influence of climate factors and soil physical and chemical properties, and constructed a necromass carbon database to reveal the impact of cropland management practices on microbial necromass and SOC.

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Enebe et al. (2025): The impacts of biochar on carbon sequestration, soil processes, and microbial communities: a review

Matthew C. Enebe, Ram L. Ray and Richard W. Griffin, IN: Carbon Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-025-00499-3

Biochar application to the soil is an eco-friendly and sustainable nature-based solution for promoting soil carbon sequestration. It facilitates the reduction in the microbial carbon mineralization rate. Additionally, biochar enhances soil aggregate formation, neutralizes soil acidity, and increases microbial diversity, composition, and functions. The method adopted for this qualitative review entails a detailed examination of various research studies published on the contributions of biochar to soil carbon sequestration, its effect on the microbial community, and its contribution to greenhouse gas emission suppression, while also examining the various key factors that influence biochar’s functional potential as well as biochar’s contribution to environmental sustainability.

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Holder et al. (2025): Genotypic Differences in Soil Carbon Stocks Under Miscanthus: Implications for Carbon Sequestration and Plant Breeding

Amanda J. Holder, Rebecca Wilson, Jeanette Whitaker, Paul Robson, IN: GCB Bioenergy, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.70076

Biomass crops provide renewable material for bioproducts and energy generation with the potential for negative greenhouse gas emissions through bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. Miscanthus spp. is a perennial crop with rapid biomass production and low inputs. However, uncertainty exists over impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in conversion from agricultural grasslands, and the interaction between divergent Miscanthus species and SOC sequestration. As a C4 plant (in contrast to C3 temperate grassland species) the fate of Miscanthus derived carbon can be traced in the soil through its isotopic signature. Taking advantage of this, the authors use soil cores (pre and post conversion) to investigate species groupings and genotypic effect on SOC stocks in a rare long-term field trial located in the UK.

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