| Value |
13.5
%
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| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C, Porras RC, Torn MS. The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming. Science. 2017 Mar 31355(6332):1420-1423. doi: 10.1126/science.aal1319. P.1420 right column top paragraphPubMed ID28280251
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| Primary Source |
[15] H. Eswaran, E. Van Den Berg, P. Reich, Organic carbon in soils of the world. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 57, 192–194 (1993). doi:10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700010034x link |
| Method |
P.1420 middle column bottom paragraph: "Here, [investigators] present results from a controlled, replicated in situ deep mineral soil warming experiment to determine the response of an undisturbed whole-soil profile to warming (+4°C). [They] tested the sensitivity of soil CO2 production to warming from 0 to 100 cm and whether there was acclimation over 2 years. [They] used radiocarbon to determine whether warming resulted in the decomposition of older SOC [soil organic carbon]. This study was located in a coniferous temperate forest in soils classified as alfisols containing 16.6 ± 1 kg C m^−2 in the top meter." |
| Comments |
P.1420 middle column bottom paragraph: "Alfisols cover 13.5% of Earth’s ice-free land area and store 8% of global soil C (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
113323 |