Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property
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Globally, soil organic matter (SOM) contains more than three times as much carbon as either the atmosphere or terrestrial vegetation. Yet it remains largely unknown why some SOM persists for millennia whereas other SOM decomposes readily--and this limits our ability to predict how soils will respond to climate change. Recent analytical and experimental advances have demonstrated that molecular structure alone does not control SOM stability: in fact, environmental and biological controls predominate. Here we propose ways to include this understanding in a new generation of experiments and soil carbon models, thereby improving predictions of the SOM response to global warming.
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The persistence of OC in the soil is mainly governed by ecosystem properties rather than by the molecular composition of organic matter.
“Schmidt et al. (2011) proposed that the persistence of OC in the soil is mainly governed by the ecosystem properties (i.e., chemical composition of the parental material, microenvironmental conditions, management practices, etc.) rather than by the molecular composition of organic matter.”
From Carbon sequestration potential in perennial bioenergy crops: the importance of organic matter inputs and its physical protection (2016) · cites this paper as Schmidt et al., 2011
Microbial products associated with increased microbial respiration such as microbial necromass end up in slow-cycling SOM pools in the form of reduced organic material.
“Thus, microbial products associated with increased microbial respiration such as microbial necromass end up in slow-cycling SOM pools in the form of reduced organic material 10,14 .”
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Key knowledge gaps affecting understanding of soil C sequestration include differential temperature sensitivity of C turnover among SOM fractions, interactions among organic matter chemistry, mineral surface interactions and C saturation, and subsoil (>30 cm) SOM accretion, turnover and stabilization.
“Key knowledge gaps that affect our understanding of soil C sequestration processes and management options to implement them include questions about the differential temperature sensitivity of C turnover among SOM fractions 33 , interactions among organic matter chemistry, mineral surface interactions and C saturation [34][35][36] , and subsoil (> 30 cm) SOM accretion, turnover and stabilization 37”
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- Authors
- Schmidt, M. W. I., Torn, M. S., Abiven, S., Dittmar, T., Guggenberger, G., Janssens, I. A., Kleber, M., Kögel-Knabner, I., Lehmann, J., Manning, D. A. C., Nannipieri, P., Rasse, D. P., Weiner, S., & Trumbore, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (DE)
- Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Oregon State University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- University of Florence (IT)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schmidt, Michael W. I.
- Torn, Margaret S.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2011-10
- Volume
- 478
- Issue
- 7367
- Pages
- 49-56
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2132484323
- Cited by
- 6,057
- References
- 101
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- FWCI
- 314.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.osti.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
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- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Funders
- European Science Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- soil organic matter, soil carbon stability, soil organic carbon dynamics, ecosystem properties, climate change response, soil carbon models, decomposition
- MeSH terms
- Carbon, Charcoal, Freezing, Organic Chemicals, Plants, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Ecosystem, Plant Roots, Bioengineering, Climate Change, Carbon Cycle
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