Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration Potential of Soils―What Is Missing?  

作　　者：Haruna Adamu Yuguda Abubakar Umar Hannatu Akanang Ahmed Sabo Haruna Adamu;Yuguda Abubakar Umar;Hannatu Akanang;Ahmed Sabo(Department of Environmental Management Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria;Department of Chemistry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria)

机构地区：[1]Department of Environmental Management Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria [2]Department of Chemistry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria

出　　处：《Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection》2021年第8期39-47,共9页地球科学和环境保护期刊（英文）

摘　　要：It is no doubt that soils are among the Earth’s largest terrestrial reservoirs of carbon pool and hold potential for its sequestration and thus, soils can serve as potential way of mitigating the ever-increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration. However, the stability and flux of soil organic carbon are affected in response to changes that are being driven by forms of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Therefore, to establish carbon sequestration potential of soils, an in-depth scientific evaluation that would provide mapping of and speciation of carbon chemical forms, as well as factors influencing the persistence of carbon in soils are key to the process which are beyond quantitative measurements that are conventionally implemented under different land use and/or soil management. This involves soil chemistry, physics, biology, and microbiology. Hence, this short review communication highlights portions of soil chemistry and physics as well as soil biology and microbiology that have not been given attention in determining and/or underpinning decisions on carbon sequestration potential of soils.It is no doubt that soils are among the Earth’s largest terrestrial reservoirs of carbon pool and hold potential for its sequestration and thus, soils can serve as potential way of mitigating the ever-increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration. However, the stability and flux of soil organic carbon are affected in response to changes that are being driven by forms of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Therefore, to establish carbon sequestration potential of soils, an in-depth scientific evaluation that would provide mapping of and speciation of carbon chemical forms, as well as factors influencing the persistence of carbon in soils are key to the process which are beyond quantitative measurements that are conventionally implemented under different land use and/or soil management. This involves soil chemistry, physics, biology, and microbiology. Hence, this short review communication highlights portions of soil chemistry and physics as well as soil biology and microbiology that have not been given attention in determining and/or underpinning decisions on carbon sequestration potential of soils.

关 键 词：SOIL Carbon Sequestration Potential Climate Change MITIGATION 

分 类 号：S15[农业科学—土壤学]