The soil carbon erosion paradox

Jonathan Sanderman () and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
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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

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 5, 317-319

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.

Date: 2017
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