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Carbon losses from all soils across England and Wales 1978–2003

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  • Pat H. Bellamy

    (Cranfield University)

  • Peter J. Loveland

    (Cranfield University)

  • R. Ian Bradley

    (Cranfield University)

  • R. Murray Lark

    (Rothamsted Research)

  • Guy J. D. Kirk

    (Cranfield University)

Abstract

Grounds for concern The possibility of a positive feedback between CO2 release from soils and global warming is one of the most contentious issues in climate research. The concern is that rising temperatures may be causing some of the massive reserves of carbon stored in the soil to be released into the atmosphere as the greenhouse gas CO2, resulting in a further increase in temperature and yet more CO2 release. So far what evidence there is for this feedback mechanism has come from small-scale laboratory and field experiments and mathematical modelling. Now a team from the UK National Soil Resources Institute and Rothamsted Research presents data from a long-term national-scale soil monitoring scheme that reveal extensive carbon losses during the past 25 years: land use has little effect on the rate of carbon loss suggesting a possible link to climate change.

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  • Pat H. Bellamy & Peter J. Loveland & R. Ian Bradley & R. Murray Lark & Guy J. D. Kirk, 2005. "Carbon losses from all soils across England and Wales 1978–2003," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7056), pages 245-248, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7056:d:10.1038_nature04038
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04038
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    1. Hao Yu & Wei Song, 2023. "Research Progress on the Impact of Land Use Change on Soil Carbon Sequestration," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, January.
    2. Lu Xie & Deyan Liu & Christoph Müller & Anne Jansen-Willems & Zengming Chen & Yuhui Niu & Mohammad Zaman & Lei Meng & Weixin Ding, 2022. "Brachiaria humidicola Cultivation Enhances Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Tropical Grassland by Promoting the Denitrification Potential: A 15 N Tracing Study," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-14, November.
    3. Artur Łopatka & Grzegorz Siebielec & Radosław Kaczyński & Tomasz Stuczyński, 2023. "Analysis of Soil Carbon Stock Dynamics by Machine Learning—Polish Case Study," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-14, August.
    4. Alvyra Slepetiene & Mykola Kochiieru & Aida Skersiene & Audrone Mankeviciene & Olgirda Belova, 2022. "Changes in Stabile Organic Carbon in Differently Managed Fluvisol Treated by Two Types of Anaerobic Digestate," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-11, August.

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