Feng, Jiao Yu, Dailin Sinsabaugh, Robert L Moorhead, Daryl L Andersen, Mathias Neumann Smith, Pete Song, Yanting Li, Xinqi Huang, Qiaoyun Liu, Yu-Rong
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Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Biochar amendment is one of the most promising agricultural approaches to tackle climate change by enhancing soil carbon (C) sequestration. Microbial-mediated decomposition processes are fundamental for the fate and persistence of sequestered C in soil, but the underlying mechanisms are uncertain. Here, we synthesise 923 observations regarding the ...
Rehberger, Emily West, Paul C Spillane, Charles McKeown, Peter C
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Environmental Research Communications
Regenerative agriculture aims to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, soil health and biodiversity. Regenerative agriculture is often juxtaposed against ‘conventional’ agriculture which contributes to land degradation, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions. Although definitions of regenerative agriculture may vary, common practices ...
Moinet, Gabriel Y K Hijbeek, Renske van Vuuren, Detlef P Giller, Ken E
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Global change biology
The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a 'win-win' solution to both climate change and food insecurity receives an increasing promotion. The opportunity may be too good to be missed! Yet the tremendous complexity of the two issues at stake calls for a detailed and nuanced examination of any potential solution, no matter how appealin...
Fontaine, Sébastien Abbadie, Luc Aubert, Michaël Barot, Sébastien Bloor, Juliette Derrien, Delphine Duchene, Olivier Gross, Nicolas Henneron, Ludovic Le Roux, Xavier
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Redesigning agrosystems with more ecological regulations can help feed a growing population, preserve soils for future productivity and reduce environmental impacts. However, guidelines for redesigning agrosystems from natural systems are limited. Reviewing the last knowledge of ecosystem functioning, we outlined four ecological systems synchronizi...
Almaraz, Maya Bingham, Nina L. Holzer, Iris O. Geoghegan, Emily K. Goertzen, Heath Sohng, Jaeeun Houlton, Benjamin Z.
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Frontiers in Climate
Recent analysis by the IPCC suggests that, across an array of scenarios, both GHG emissions reductions and various degrees of carbon removal will be required to achieve climate stabilization at a level that avoids the most dangerous climate changes in the future. Among a large number of options in the realm of natural climate solutions, atmospheric...
Schäfer, Ernst D. Ajmera, Ishan Farcot, Etienne Owen, Markus R. Band, Leah R. Lynch, Jonathan P.
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Drought is a primary constraint to crop yields and climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of drought stress in the future. It has been hypothesized that crops can be made more resistant to drought and better able to sequester atmospheric carbon in the soil by selecting appropriate root phenotypes. We introduce OpenSimRoot...
Brookes, Graham
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GM Crops & Food
This paper assesses how the use of genetically modified seed (GM) crop seed technology has impacted on greenhouse gas emissions at a global level. The main technologies of relevance are crops modified to be tolerant to specific herbicides so as to facilitate improved weed control and crops resistant to a range of crop insect pests that otherwise da...
Stiebeling, Daniel Akira Labes, Antje
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The application of manure and sewage sludge on farmland is one key element in building up soil organic matter and is contributing to soil carbon sequestration. These organic fertilizers are often contaminated with anthropogenic pollutants that can cause serious harm to ecosystems and persist over a long period. Bioremediation approaches have gained...
Niu, Guoxiang Yin, Gege Mo, Xiaohan Mao, Qinggong Mo, Jiangming Wang, Junjian Lu, Xiankai
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Environmental Research Letters
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a key role in forest carbon biogeochemistry by linking soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and water fluxes, which is further shaped by elevated atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition. Although enhanced SOC sequestration was evidenced in tropical forests due to rising N deposition, it remains unclear how long-t...
Zhao, Peng Ge, Song He, Dinghua Zhong, Cairong Wang, Boyan Wang, Xiaokang Wang, Fengxia Kao, Shuhji
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The climate mitigation potential of coastal blue carbon including mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes have been widely recognized, and guidelines for incorporating coastal wetlands into greenhouse gas inventories released by IPCC in 2014 make it possible to bring coastal blue carbon into multilevel climate governance regimes. However, the intri...
