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The soil carbon erosion paradox

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  • Jonathan Sanderman

    (Jonathan Sanderman is at the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA)

  • Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

    (Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is at the Life and Environmental Sciences Unit, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA)

Abstract

Erosion is typically thought to degrade soil resources. However, the redistribution of soil carbon across the landscape, caused by erosion, can actually lead to a substantial sink for atmospheric CO2.

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  • Jonathan Sanderman & Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, 2017. "The soil carbon erosion paradox," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(5), pages 317-319, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate3281
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3281
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    1. Ara Jeong & Ronald I. Dorn & Yeong-Bae Seong & Byung-Yong Yu, 2021. "Acceleration of Soil Erosion by Different Land Uses in Arid Lands above 10 Be Natural Background Rates: Case Study in the Sonoran Desert, USA," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-28, August.

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