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This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on the process of soil carbon sequestration.
The first chapter discusses the relationship between soil carbon sequestration and humanity, as well as the global importance of soil carbon sequestration in removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
The second chapter describes the distribution and dynamics of diverse components of the soil carbon or pedological reservoir and explains the impact of anthropogenic activities on the soil. The chapter also considers the range of management strategies that may be used to restore the depleted pedologic carbon reservoir, focussing on soil organic carbon (SOC).
The third chapter provides an overview of the available systems for the monitoring, reporting and verification of soil organic carbon, focussing on both their advantages and limitations.
The fourth chapter discusses the challenges for large-scale application of spectral mapping when the soil and parent material are heterogeneous and surface conditions are unknown. A case study focussing on a SOC prediction map derived from the spectra of a Sentinel-2 image is also included.
The final chapter evaluates the potential for carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems by analysing existing data from different agroforestry practices in temperate regions worldwide.
- Chapter 1 - Introduction: soil carbon sequestration – a process linking soils to humanity: C. Rumpel, CNRS, Sorbonne University, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Paris, France;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Key issues in understanding soil carbon sequestration
- 3 This book
- 4 References
Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)
- Chapter 2 - Promoting carbon sequestration in soils: the importance of soil, region and context-specific interventions: Rattan Lal, CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration, The Ohio State University, USA;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Global distribution of the soil carbon pool among soil types and ecoregions
- 3 Soil carbon persistence
- 4 Temperature sensitivity
- 5 Soil inorganic carbon
- 6 Blue carbon in coastal ecosystems
- 7 Black or pyrogenic carbon
- 8 Frozen carbon and permafrost soils
- 9 Land use and management
- 10 Landscape management
- 11 Salinity management for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks
- 12 Conservation agriculture, cover cropping and agroforestry
- 13 Grazing management
- 14 Nutrient management for sequestration of soil organic carbon
- 15 Carbon sequestration under urban ecosystems
- 16 Conclusion
- 17 Future trends in research
- 18 References
Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)
- Chapter 3 - Measuring and monitoring soil carbon sequestration: Matthias Kuhnert, Sylvia H. Vetter and Pete Smith, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Measurement/monitoring, reporting and verification
- 3 Existing monitoring, reporting and verification protocols
- 4 Outlook of the use of monitoring, reporting and verification applications
- 5 Conclusion
- 6 Where to look for further information
- 7 References
Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)
- Chapter 4 - Spectral mapping of soil organic carbon: Bas van Wesemael, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Pilot studies of SOC mapping
- 3 Challenges for SOC mapping over large extents
- 4 Synthetic bare soil images
- 5 Case study
- 6 Summary and future trends
- 7 Where to look for further information
- 8 References
Chapter taken from: Otten, W. (ed.), Advances in measuring soil health, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2021, (978 1 78676 426 3)
- Chapter 5 - Assessing the benefits of temperate agroforestry in enhancing carbon sequestration: Augustine K. Osei and Maren Oelbermann, University of Waterloo, Canada;
- 1 Introduction: moving from conservation to carbon a historical overview
- 2 System-level carbon dynamics in temperate agroforestry
- 3 Projections of potential carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems
- 4 Conclusion and future directions
- 5 Where to look for further information
- 6 References
Chapter taken from: Mosquera-Losada, M. R., Ladislau, M., Pantera, A. and Chatrchyan, A. (eds.), Advances in temperate agroforestry, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2025, (ISBN 978 1 80146 719 3)