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Comment on “Climate legacies drive global soil carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems”
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sanderman, Jonathan |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Delgado-Baquerizo et al. (Science Advances, 12 April 2017, e1602008) use statistical correlations to infer that paleoclimate (6000 to 22,000 years ago) is a more important driver of current soil organic carbon stocks than the current-day climate. On the other hand, a wealth of radiocarbon measurements indicates that the organic carbon in most topsoils is only a few decades to perhaps a few centuries old. These seemingly incongruous results can perhaps be reconciled by considering that the long-term pedogenic development of a soil strongly influences the physiochemical properties, which lead to stabilization of new carbon entering that soil regardless of current climate. |
| Related Links | https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/3/e1701482.full.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851679/pdf http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/3/e1701482.full.pdf |
| e-ISSN | 23752548 |
| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.1701482 |
| Journal | Science Advances |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| Publisher Date | 2018-03-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Science Advances Environmental Studies Organic Carbon Carbon Stocks Current Soil Use Statistical |
| Content Type | Text |