Carbon losses from all soils across England and Wales 1978–2003

Pat H. Bellamy, Peter J. Loveland, R. Ian Bradley, R. Murray Lark and Guy J. D. Kirk ()
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Pat H. Bellamy: Cranfield University
Peter J. Loveland: Cranfield University
R. Ian Bradley: Cranfield University
R. Murray Lark: Rothamsted Research
Guy J. D. Kirk: Cranfield University

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7056, 245-248

Abstract: Grounds for concern The possibility of a positive feedback between CO2 release from soils and global warming is one of the most contentious issues in climate research. The concern is that rising temperatures may be causing some of the massive reserves of carbon stored in the soil to be released into the atmosphere as the greenhouse gas CO2, resulting in a further increase in temperature and yet more CO2 release. So far what evidence there is for this feedback mechanism has come from small-scale laboratory and field experiments and mathematical modelling. Now a team from the UK National Soil Resources Institute and Rothamsted Research presents data from a long-term national-scale soil monitoring scheme that reveal extensive carbon losses during the past 25 years: land use has little effect on the rate of carbon loss suggesting a possible link to climate change.

Date: 2005
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