A large global soil carbon sink informed by repeated soil samplings
Ruofei Jia, Evan C. Fricke, Avni Malhotra, Yinon M. Bar‐On, Jie Deng, Gervasio Piñeiro, Bruno Bazzoni, Roberto Álvarez, Nicola J. Findlay, Mariska te Beest, Yong Zhou, Thomas W. Boutton, Javid Ahmad Dar, S. Kothandaraman, Andrew S. MacDougall, , César Terrer
The paper quantifies a global soil organic carbon sink of 1.83 petagrams per year from 1992 to 2020, driven by extratropical and boreal ecosystems, highlighting the importance of soil conservation for climate mitigation.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2025 · PreprintEcology