Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiankai Lu, Peter M. Vitousek, Qinggong Mao, Frank S. Gilliam, Yiqi Luo, Benjamin L. Turner, Guoyi Zhou, Jiangming Mo
Summary: The study shows that under excess nitrogen deposition, soil carbon sequestration in tropical forests can be stimulated while soil nitrogen sequestration can keep pace with carbon sequestration. This has important implications for predicting future terrestrial sinks for both elevated anthropogenic CO2 and nitrogen deposition. The research further emphasizes the need to incorporate nitrogen deposition and cycling into terrestrial carbon cycle models to improve predictability of carbon sink strength as enhanced nitrogen deposition spreads from temperate into tropical systems.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Paul L. Mudge, Jamie Millar, Jack Pronger, Alesha Roulston, Veronica Penny, Scott Fraser, Andre Eger, Thomas Caspari, Balin Robertson, Norman W. H. Mason, Louis A. Schipper
Summary: The study found that irrigation in New Zealand significantly reduced soil carbon and nitrogen stocks, with greater losses observed at greater durations of irrigation and lower aridity levels. The impact of irrigation on soil C and N was negatively related to aridity, with increasingly significant carbon losses observed at sites with higher precipitation levels. The results suggest that a new equilibrium may be reached with lower carbon stocks in irrigated grasslands compared to unirrigated grasslands.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ji Liu, Bingshen Jiang, Jianlin Shen, Xiao Zhu, Wuying Yi, Yong Li, Jinshui Wu
Summary: Adding straw and straw-derived biochar can increase soil carbon content in double-rice cropping systems, with biochar showing greater potential for carbon sequestration. Long-term straw incorporation can enhance nitrogen use efficiency, while the effects on rice grain yields and NUE vary among different treatments in the double-rice cropping systems.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Biology
Shuli Niu, Lei Song, Jinsong Wang, Yiqi Luo, Guirui Yu
Summary: Through a literature review, it was found that nitrogen input stimulates plant primary productivity but inconsistently affects microbial activities and soil carbon sequestration. Nitrogen fixation increases and nitrogen leaching decreases under elevated CO2 and temperature or along ecosystem succession, resulting in improved soil nitrogen availability and supporting plant growth and ecosystem carbon sequestration. Ecosystem models that fail to simulate these dynamic adjustments cannot accurately predict carbon-nitrogen coupling and ecosystem carbon sequestration.
SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruzhen Wang, Bahareh Bicharanloo, Enqing Hou, Yong Jiang, Feike A. Dijkstra
Summary: The interactions between nitrogen and phosphorus play a crucial role in plant growth and carbon sequestration in ecosystems. Adding phosphorus to soil increases the total nitrogen pool and accelerates nitrogen cycling processes. Additionally, phosphorus supply enhances soil organic carbon content and promotes soil carbon sequestration.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tongxin He, Jianfei Sun, Baoqing Hu, Tongbin Zhu, Wei Zhang
Summary: This study selected different land-use types in karst areas and analyzed the relative contributions of leaf and fine root inputs and fine root protection to soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration. The results showed that fine root protection was the dominant process for soil carbon and nitrogen changes, and active nitrogen input can increase soil nitrogen sequestration.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chonghua Xu, Xia Xu, Chenghui Ju, Han Y. H. Chen, Brian J. Wilsey, Yiqi Luo, Wei Fan
Summary: The study found that nitrogen addition significantly increased global SOC content, with the increase amplified over time in both organic and mineral soil layers. The increase mainly resulted from enhanced plant carbon input to soils coupled with reduced carbon loss from decomposition.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chunguang Wang, Haixing Li, Tijiu Cai, Xiaoxin Sun
Summary: Wetland restoration has a positive impact on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen content and storage, with the effects becoming more prominent with longer restoration time. The restoration rate was faster in the first 8 years, but slowed down afterwards.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Yunyun Zheng, Jian Jin, Xiaojuan Wang, Gary J. Clark, Caixian Tang
Summary: The availability of nitrogen (N) has been found to influence the mineralization of soil organic carbon (C), but its effect on the decomposition of native soil organic C induced by labile C input (i.e., priming effect) remains unclear. This study investigated the impact of N supply rates on the magnitude and direction of the priming effect, and how this interacted with soil layers differing in organic C content. The results showed that N addition increased the priming effect up to a certain level, and this effect was greater in the surface layer of topsoil compared to the subsurface layer. These findings highlight the susceptibility of soil organic C to loss through N-enhanced priming.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jianliang Liu, Wei Zhan, Xinya Huang, Di Tang, Shaofei Jin, Dan Zhu, Huai Chen
Summary: Soil carbon sequestration is important for mitigating climate change. Nitrogen deposition affects soil carbon dynamics by altering carbon input and output. This study investigated the impact of nitrogen addition on soil carbon stocks and identified the mechanisms in an alpine meadow. After six years of nitrogen addition, the total carbon stocks in the topsoil significantly increased, with microbial biomass carbon content playing a key role. Nitrogen addition also affected aboveground biomass and organic matter decomposition.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xiaofei Lu, Enqing Hou, Jieyun Guo, Frank S. Gilliam, Jianlong Li, Songbo Tang, Yuanwen Kuang
Summary: The study highlights that nitrogen enrichment can increase the diameter of soil aggregates, proportion of macroaggregates, and affect macroaggregate C significantly; in addition, N enrichment can lead to soil acidification and is correlated with aggregate C. Despite the varied effects on soil aggregation depending on ecosystem type and fertilization regime, overall, it enhances the formation of soil aggregates and their sequestration of organic C.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fan Ding, Dechang Ji, Kang Yan, Feike A. Dijkstra, Xuelian Bao, Shuangyi Li, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jingkuan Wang
Summary: Nitrogen fertilization and plastic film mulching have different impacts on soil organic matter, with nitrogen showing an increase in soil organic matter mainly in soil with plastic film mulching.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sajjad Raza, Kazem Zamanian, Sami Ullah, Yakov Kuzyakov, Inigo Virto, Jianbin Zhou
Summary: Soil plays a crucial role in the global carbon cycle, with a focus on soil organic carbon (SOC) for climate change mitigation. However, soil inorganic carbon (SIC) losses, particularly due to intensified soil acidification, are significant and pose a threat to efforts to reduce CO2 emissions through SOC sequestration.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jaeyoung Yoo, Jinhyun Kim, Jaegeun Kim, Jeongcheol Lim, Hojeong Kang
Summary: Due to its diverse types of inland wetlands, South Korea provides an excellent platform for investigating the carbon budget and key controlling factors in different wetland types. The results show that the carbon storage and economic value of inland wetlands in South Korea are considerable and closely related to soil and vegetation characteristics.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Matti Sihvonen, Sampo Pihlainen, Tin-Yu Lai, Tapio Salo, Kari Hyytiainen
Summary: The article introduces a multistep modeling approach for optimal management of fertilizer inputs, considering soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics, water and atmosphere externalities. Results show synergy between climate change mitigation and water protection goals, as well as a trade-off between pollution mitigation and crop production goals. Integrated nutrient management system proves better than using only inorganic or organic fertilizers.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2021)