Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security

The gaseous composition of our earth's atmosphere has changed drastically in recent years. This has resulted in unprecedented global warming, hydrological variation, and various climate change impacts in different places of the world. Mitigation and adaptive strategies of climate change through soil carbon sequestration technique is emerged as an alternative option. Among the different types of soil, forest soil has the highest potential to sequester atmospheric carbon because of its rich ecology. However, human-induced deforestation activities and traditional methods of cultivation perturb the soil of organic carbon. Therefore, it is essential to understand the various influencing factors and subsequently the improvement of existing ecosystem for the mitigation of global climate change to some extent. Studies and innovative research on agroforestry, including soil carbon sequestration at regional level, will be a better choice for improvement of environment, food security, and climate change.

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Soil Carbon Sequestration

Natural Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch010 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 188-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Manish Kumar Goyal ◽

Irom Royal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Global Climate ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Adaptive Strategies ◽

Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽

Gaseous Composition ◽

The World

The gaseous composition of our earth's atmosphere has changed drastically in recent years. This has resulted in unprecedented global warming, hydrological variation, and various climate change impacts in different places of the world. Mitigation and adaptive strategies of climate change through soil carbon sequestration technique is emerged as an alternative option. Among the different types of soil, forest soil has the highest potential to sequester atmospheric carbon because of its rich ecology. However, human-induced deforestation activities and traditional methods of cultivation perturb the soil of organic carbon. Therefore, it is essential to understand the various influencing factors and subsequently the improvement of existing ecosystem for the mitigation of global climate change to some extent. Studies and innovative research on agroforestry, including soil carbon sequestration at regional level, will be a better choice for improvement of environment, food security, and climate change.

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SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADVANCE FOOD SECURITY

Soil Science ◽

10.1097/ss.0b013e31815cc498 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 172 (12) ◽

pp. 943-956 ◽

Cited By ~ 217

Author(s):

R. Lal ◽

R. F. Follett ◽

B. A. Stewart ◽

J. M. Kimble

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Security ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽

Mitigate Climate Change

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Beyond Copenhagen: mitigating climate change and achieving food security through soil carbon sequestration

Food Security ◽

10.1007/s12571-010-0060-9 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 169-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 127

Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Security ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Soil Carbon Sequestration

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Food security under global climate change

FOOD RESOURCES ◽

10.31073/foodresources2019-13-27 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (13) ◽

pp. 291-298

Author(s):

Anatolii Yuzefovich ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Security ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Global Climate

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Changes in Soil Carbon Sequestration during Woody Plant Encroachment in Arid Ecosystems

Plantae Scientia ◽

10.32439/ps.v4i4-5.266-276 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (4-5) ◽

pp. 266-276

Author(s):

Pratap Naikwade

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽

Global Climate ◽

Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation ◽

Arid Ecosystems ◽

Woody Encroachment ◽

Organic C

Carbon sequestration is one of the most important and highly recommended measures for mitigating climate change. Soil organic carbon (SOC) has potential to sequester the largest amount of carbon (C) for the longest time period in the midst of the organic C sinks in terrestrial ecosystems of the earth. In recent years, apprehension of the role of soils as sink for carbon on a wide-ranging scale has become dynamic. From last 150 years, encroachment of trees and shrubs into grasslands and the ‘thicketization’ of savannas have been reported and is a global phenomenon. One possibly beneficial effect could be that the shrub and tree-dominated ecosystems will sequester more carbon and will be a buffer for elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The question of what is impact of woody encroachment on soil carbon balance of an ecosystem has proved difficult to answer, and the results remain debatable. The magnitude and pattern of changes in the SOC with woody encroachment are exceedingly abstruse and varies from significant increases, to significant decreases to no net change in SOC. Impact of wood plant encroachment on carbon sequestration is discussed in this paper considering various studies with different results so it will lead to better understanding of the complex phenomenon. SOC sequestration is effective greenhouse gas mitigation strategy and a vital ecosystem service. Increasing SOC may helpful to mitigate negative effects of growing concentration of CO2 in atmosphere and may be advantageous in decelerating or reversal in global climate change rate.

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