Instant Insights: Soil carbon sequestration

• 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)