Importance of SOC

Question 1

Lal 2004 (importance)

Answer 1

soil stores ~2500 Pg C away from atmosphere

Question 2

Bellamy et al 2005 (importance)

Answer 2

> twice as much C in soil than plants / atmosphere

Question 3

Pastor et al 2002 (importance)

Answer 3

peatlands <3% land area but store > 1/3 soil C & N

Question 4

L6 (importance)

Answer 4

10 billion tonnes of UK soil C, 122 million tonnes of g.g. emissions in 2018