Soil Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation

Dear Colleagues,

Land is a carbon sink absorbing around third of human-caused emissions. Carbon is considered sequestered if it ends up in a stable form, such as wood or soil organic matter. Carbon sequestration has been studied for several decades and gaining attention in policy discussions as well. A large array of soil carbon sequestration options are available and ready to deploy to achieve high levels of climate change mitigation. In addition, fostering and enhancing carbon sequestration in soils is considered as a key element in controlling soil health and functions and improving and maintaining food and nutrition security. However, interconnectivity of such functions is still under debate and complexity of mechanisms and processes calls for further understansing and investigation as well as new methodological approaches and innovative assessments and modelling tools. The understanding and measuring benefits, co-benefits and trade-offs of soil carbon sequestration are also of great importance and highly relevant for promoting and deep scaling mitigation options.

(2) Aim of the Special Issue and how the subject relates to the journal scope.

In depth understanding of the soil carbon sequestration processes and potential for stabilizing climate and food security which will give each country or region flexibility on recommending and implementing options that are more relevant to its priorities and challenges. Time and space variations in C sequestration potentials are barriers to large scale functioning and implementation of mitigation options. The special issue will be giving strong and proved scientific evidence to support decision-making about enforcing large scale adoption of soil carbon sequestration and capture options and initiatives.

(3) Suggested themes and article types for submissions.

• State of the art understanding soil carbon dynamics, sequestration processes and stabilization or regulation mechanisms;
• Soil carbon sequestration and capture options: benefits, potentials, scales and tradeoffs;
• Innovative methodologies and advanced assessment tools for measuring, monitoring and modeling soil carbon storage in soils and ecosystems;
• Soil carbon sequestration and climate change and variability;
• Soil carbon sequestration and food and nutrition security.

Dr. Rachid Mrabet
Dr. Anna Brook
Dr. Mohamed Sabir
Guest Editors

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• carbone emission
• soil carbon storage and sequestration
• carbon dynamics
• carbon modeling
• climate change
• sustainability
• carbon monitoring