SynthesisNature communications2023
A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 353 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Plastic mulch productivity-sustainability tradeoffs and pathways toward an eco-friendly framework: insights from a global meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
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- Characteristics of sediment sorting and sediment bound organic carbon loss during soil erosion under different soil organic carbon levels.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Global Bias-Aware Synthesis of Meta-Analyses Reveals Agroforestry's Potential for Improving Soil Health.Global change biology · 2026Review
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- Continental-Scale Evidence of Farm Management Impacts on Soil Carbon.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Global hotspots of particulate organic carbon losses under climate change.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Soil organic carbon stocks after ten years of reduced tillage, compost and mulch application in temperate organic agriculture.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Soil carbon debt from land use change in Brazil.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Soil organic carbon modeling in cropland under several climatic scenarios using machine learning in western India.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Developing mixed-effects height-diameter model using stand and environmental factors for mixed forests in northern China.iScience · 2026Article
- Oxalic acid-mediated phosphorus availability regulates the variations of karst soil organic carbon fractions under drought.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Grassland restoration in typical wind-eroded regions effectively increase soil organic carbon.PloS one · 2026Article
- Congo Basin Carbon Cycle Responses to Global Change.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Salinity gradients shape rhizosphere bacterial diversity and assembly of wheat in saline-alkali rice-wheat rotation soils.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Forest harvesting alters the biogeochemical character and protection of mineral associated carbon in a Podzolic soil.Discover soil · 2026Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Anthropogenic activities profoundly impact soil organic carbon (SOC), affecting its contribution to ecosystem services such as climate regulation. Here, we conducted a thorough review of the impacts of land-use change, land management, and climate change on SOC. Using second-order meta-analysis, we synthesized findings from 230 first-order meta-analyses comprising over 25,000 primary studies. We show that (i) land conversion for crop production leads to high SOC loss, that can be partially restored through land management practices, particularly by introducing trees and incorporating exogenous carbon in the form of biochar or organic amendments, (ii) land management practices that are implemented in forests generally result in depletion of SOC, and (iii) indirect effects of climate change, such as through wildfires, have a greater impact on SOC than direct climate change effects (e.g., from rising temperatures). The findings of our study provide strong evidence to assist decision-makers in safeguarding SOC stocks and promoting land management practices for SOC restoration. Furthermore, they serve as a crucial research roadmap, identifying areas that require attention to fill the knowledge gaps concerning the factors driving changes in SOC.
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