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Carbon storage in soils

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Key points • Carbon occurs in different forms in soils: in living organisms, dead organic matter with particulate organic matter, organic molecules, and as inorganic carbon • Soil carbon stock and soil carbon storage are different concepts: a carbon stock is quantified at a given date while its storage is quantified over a period of time • The carbon stock distribution across the planet is heterogeneous, and complex biotic and abiotic processes underlie its dynamics • For a given soil and climate, the largest stocks are found in forests and grasslands. In comparison, cultivated soils are carbon depleted • Land-use changes and agricultural practices have a major impact on soil carbon stocks: they may have negative, positive or diverse effects on carbon storage, depending on climate and soil conditions • Soil carbon storage provides socioeconomic benefits as targeted by five Sustainable Development Goals

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hal-04125405 , version 1 (12-06-2023)

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Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Tiphaine Chevallier, Marie-France Dignac, Amandine Erktan. Carbon storage in soils. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, Second Edition, Elsevier, 2023, ⟨10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00202-0⟩. ⟨hal-04125405⟩
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