Article
Soil Science
Rafeza Begum, Mohammad M. R. Jahangir, Mohammad Jahiruddin, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Shaikh M. Bokhtiar, Khandakar R. Islam
Summary: Long-term reduced tillage and residue management have profound consequences on soil TOC quality and dynamics, especially in terms of improved soil quality and increased labile C pools.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Alexia M. Witcombe, Lisa K. Tiemann, Regis Chikowo, Sieglinde S. Snappa
Summary: Crop diversification with grain legumes has the potential to enhance soil health and fertility, increase resilience and livelihoods, and improve household nutrition. However, there is limited data on soil organic carbon pools and the effects of legume diversification in smallholder farms, especially in marginal soils. This study evaluates the impact of a doubled-up legume rotation (DLR) system in Malawi on soil organic carbon pools, showing its potential to enhance carbon in management sensitive soil organic carbon pools.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tengteng Li, Hao Cheng, Yue Li, Zhijian Mou, Xiaomin Zhu, Wenjia Wu, Jing Zhang, Luhui Kuang, Jun Wang, Dafeng Hui, Hans Lambers, Jordi Sardans, Josep Penuelas, Hai Ren, Azian Binti Mohti, Naishen Liang, Zhanfeng Liu
Summary: Tropical primary forests are being destroyed and converted for other land uses, greatly affecting soil carbon cycling. However, the impact of forest conversions on the accumulation of compounds in soil functional carbon pools remains unclear. This study collected soils from different land use types and found that conversions to rubber plantations significantly decreased soil carbon concentrations, while conversions to secondary forests increased particulate organic carbon concentrations and decreased mineral-associated organic carbon concentrations.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Yan Zhang, Yan Gao, Yang Zhang, Dandan Huang, Xiujun Li, Neil McLaughlin, Xiaoping Zhang, Xuewen Chen, Shixiu Zhang, Edward Gregorich, Aizhen Liang
Summary: Rock-Eval pyrolysis has been used for soil analysis for the past twenty years but more research is needed in diverse land-use and soil types. The relationship between Rock-Eval parameters and other soil organic carbon analytical methods also requires further study. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of tillage and cropping systems on Rock-Eval parameters, the relationship between Rock-Eval parameters and microbial residues, and the effectiveness of Rock-Eval analysis in characterizing soil heterotrophic respiration.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Keunbae Kim, Erin J. Daly, Monika Gorzelak, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez
Summary: Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change. Perennial grain cropping systems have shown potential in increasing soil organic matter through no-tillage management and extensive root growth. However, the addition of nitrogen fertilizer may diminish carbon sequestration in these systems.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Wolfram Buss, Heath Hasemer, Scott Ferguson, Justin Borevitz
Summary: The application of calcium- and magnesium-rich silicates in soil can capture and store carbon dioxide while also stabilizing soil organic matter. This study found that adding finely ground silicate rock mining residues to soil increased soil pH, inorganic carbon content, and soil-exchangeable calcium and magnesium. Furthermore, it increased mineral-associated organic matter by supplying secondary minerals and associated sites for organic matter sorption. However, the effect of silicate rock on microaggregates and carbon within was counteracted by the presence of plants, which decreased soil-exchangeable magnesium and calcium contents.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiyang Wang, Fangfang Min, Dongsheng Yu, Zaijun Xin, Liang Li, Xiaohui Li, Xiaoyan Sun, Jianjun Pan
Summary: The study analyzed 373 samples from six regions in China's croplands using a 100-day incubation experiment. It found significant regional differences in the mean residence times of active and slow soil organic carbon pools, pointing to the influence of soil texture on these differences.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Elisabeth B. Ward, Alexander Polussa, Mark A. Bradford
Summary: Plant mycorrhizal associations impact the accumulation and persistence of soil organic matter, which can affect how ecosystems respond to global changes. The co-occurrence of trees and shrubs with different mycorrhizal associations can influence soil organic matter pools, but more research is needed to understand these effects.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
Pippa J. Chapman, Catherine S. Moody, T. Edward Turner, Rebecca McKenzie, Kerry J. Dinsmore, Andy J. Baird, Mike F. Billett, Roxane Andersen, Fraser Leith, Joseph Holden
Summary: This study compared the carbon concentrations in natural pools and restoration pools in three blanket peatlands in northern Scotland. The results showed that restoration pools had higher acidity and higher dissolved organic carbon concentrations compared to natural pools. Restoration pools also had a higher prevalence of fulvic acid and more aromatic dissolved organic carbon. Additionally, restoration pools had supersaturated levels of dissolved CO2, while natural pools had concentrations just above atmospheric levels.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Gisela Garcia, Maria E. Campos, Nicolas Wyngaard, Nahuel Reussi-Calvo, Silvina San Martino, Fernanda Covacevich, Guillermo A. Studdert
Summary: The study found that in some cases, anaerobically mineralized nitrogen within large macroaggregates may be a better indicator of soil health than in bulk soil; however, due to the more time-consuming nature of determining anaerobically mineralized nitrogen within large macroaggregates, it is recommended to use anaerobically mineralized nitrogen in bulk soil as a variable for monitoring soil health.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oxana V. Masyagina, Anastasia I. Matvienko, Tatiana V. Ponomareva, Irina D. Grodnitskaya, Elizaveta V. Sideleva, Valeriy K. Kadutskiy, Svetlana V. Prudnikova, Viktoria S. Bezbido, Kristina A. Kudryavtseva, Svetlana Y. Evgrafova
Summary: This study examined the effects of diesel fuel pollution on permafrost carbon and soil microbiota in the Arctic region. The results showed that different soil types had varying responses to diesel fuel, with an acceleration of carbon loss from the slow carbon pool. Diesel fuel also had impacts on microbial activity and community structure. Certain bacterial species were recommended for bioremediation to mitigate the contamination of permafrost soils under climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Paloma Diaz-Martinez, Marco Panettieri, Pablo Garcia-Palacios, Eduardo Moreno, Cesar Plaza, Fernando T. Maestre
Summary: Accumulating evidence suggests that climate warming is reducing soil organic carbon in drylands, but there is a lack of research on particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon pools. This study examined the effects of simulated climate change and initial biocrust cover on soil carbon accumulation and quality in a dryland ecosystem. The results showed that warming and reduced rainfall increased soil organic carbon, especially particulate organic carbon, but only in soils with low biocrust cover. In soils with high biocrust cover, climate change did not affect soil carbon. Biocrust communities were found to mitigate the negative effects of climate change on soil organic carbon.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yibin Huang, Andrea J. Fassbender, Jacqueline S. Long, Sophia Johannessen, Mariana Bernardi Bif
Summary: We investigated the cycling and export potential of different biogenic carbon pools in the Northeast Pacific Ocean using data from chemical and bio-optical sensors. Our study revealed complex carbon cycle dynamics among these carbon pools throughout the year. We also demonstrated the importance of utilizing multiple sensors on biogeochemical profiling floats for a more comprehensive understanding of upper ocean carbon cycle dynamics.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ana B. Villafuerte, Rocio Soria, Natalia Rodriguez-Berbel, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Raul Ortega, Isabel Miralles
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of four organic soil amendments on soil properties in a semiarid region. Animal-origin compost significantly increased pH, electrical conductivity, and total nitrogen immediately after application, and also affected the richness and evenness of bacterial communities. After 3 months, most properties recovered except for electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, and dehydrogenase activity. The SQI was highest for soils treated with chicken manure compost.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Nicolas L. Breil, Thierry Lamaze, Vincent Bustillo, Claire-Emmanuelle Marcato-Romain, Benoit Coudert, Solen Queguiner, Nathalie Jarosz-Pelle
Summary: The aim of this study was to understand the impact of the combination of no-till and cover cropping on soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil respiration. The results showed that for soils with high initial SOC contents, there was no significant difference in SOC and respiration between the conservation practices and conventional practices. However, for soils with low initial SOC contents, the conservation practices significantly increased SOC and respiration.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Josette Garnier, Gilles Billen, Julien Tournebize, Pierre Barre, Bruno Mary, Francois Baudin
Summary: This study addressed the combined short- and long-term hydrological control of organic carbon export from soils and the role of leaching process in soil OC pool dynamics. By investigating DOC concentrations and subsurface runoff, the study calculated annual DOC export and compared it with data from literature. The study also used the AMG model with a leaching function to determine the equilibrium value of OCA and found an annual carbon loss rate for the plots in the Seine Basin.
Article
Geology
E. Chenot, J. F. Deconinck, F. Baudin, T. Cocquerez, E. Puceat, M. J. Razmjooei, N. Thibault
Summary: A study on a 1000 m-thick sequence of Upper Cretaceous sediments in the Isabena Valley in Spain revealed the evolution of environmental conditions in the basin. Through biostratigraphy, carbon isotope stratigraphy, X-Ray diffraction, and organic matter characterization, changes in the clay mineral assemblage source from south to northeast were identified. The study also showed a progressive illitisation of smectite and increasing proportions of kaolinite throughout the section.
JOURNAL OF IBERIAN GEOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
L. M. E. Percival, L. Marynowski, F. Baudin, S. Goderis, D. De Vleeschouwer, M. Rakocinski, K. Narkiewicz, C. Corradini, A. -c. Da Silva, P. Claeys
Summary: In this study, nitrogen-isotope trends and geochemical evidence were used to investigate the relative importance of global-scale processes versus local influences on environmental change during the Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction. The results showed regional differences in the timing and nature of marine perturbations, suggesting that the variable influx of terrigenous nutrients played a role in driving environmental degradation at that time.
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mathilde Mercuzot, Sylvie Bourquin, Pierre Pellenard, Laurent Beccaletto, Johann Schnyder, Francois Baudin, Celine Ducassou, Sylvain Garel, Georges Gand
Summary: The late Carboniferous-early Permian period was a crucial time in Earth's history, characterized by significant global geodynamic and climate changes. This study focuses on the Autun Basin in France to better understand the sedimentation in the eastern equatorial Pangea during this time. The research proposes a refined sedimentological model for the Autun Basin, reinterpreting the lower sedimentary succession as mainly lacustrine rather than fluvial and lacustrine. The study also provides evidence for a larger sedimentation area and connections with neighboring basins.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Athina Tzevahirtzian, Antonio Caruso, Giovanna Scopelliti, Francois Baudin, Marie-Madeleine Blanc-Valleron
Summary: This study aims to reconstruct the environmental changes leading to the Messinian Salinity Crisis during a specific period in geologic time. Analysis of a core sample from the Caltanissetta Basin in Sicily revealed characteristics of pre-salt sediments and provided insights into the paleoenvironmental evolution towards salt deposition. The study identified stressful environmental conditions and a complex set of brecciation processes that marked the deposits during the late Messinian.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Audrey M. Pruski, Elsa Stetten, Arnaud Huguet, Gilles Vetion, Haolin Wang, Claire Senyarich, Francois Baudin
Summary: The sediment cores from the Congo deep-sea fan show that the sediments are enriched in fatty acids and have a similar composition to the sediments from the Congo River. The limited reprocessing of the sediments during transit is likely due to tight interactions with mineral particles and rapid transfer. The combination of fatty acid profiles and geochemical proxies reveals that organic matter degradation is mostly limited to the oxic layer and there are distinct depositional dynamics between fine soil-derived particles and coarser higher plant detritus.
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Guillaume Le Mer, Nicolas Bottinelli, Marie -France Dignac, Yvan Capowiez, Pascal Jouquet, Arnaud Mazurier, Francois Baudin, Laurent Caner, Cornelia Rumpel
Summary: The specific traits of earthworm species may play a role in organic carbon protection through their impact on the microstructural properties of casts.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ludovic Henneron, Jerome Balesdent, Gael Alvarez, Pierre Barre, Francois Baudin, Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Lauric Cecillon, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Christine Hatte, Sebastien Fontaine
Summary: Soil carbon dynamics are strongly influenced by depth, with slower dynamics found in deeper layers. The main factors driving the depth-dependency of soil carbon dynamics are the bioenergetic constraints of decomposers, including low energy density and high activation energy of decomposition. Root-induced priming can accelerate the decomposition of deep soil carbon by providing sufficient energy supply. These findings are crucial for understanding and predicting carbon cycling and climate feedbacks.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sarah Louise Robin, Cyril Marchand, Maximilien Mathian, Francois Baudin, Andrea C. Alfaro
Summary: Urbanization has led to changes in trace metal dynamics in mangrove soil, affecting soil properties. However, mangrove trees regulate the translocation of trace metals to different tissues.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Francisco Ruiz, Cornelia Rumpel, Marie-France Dignac, Francois Baudin, Tiago Osorio Ferreira
Summary: In this study, the biological and thermal stability of mixed-nature soil organic matter (SOM) derived from grass litter and kerogen was assessed. The results showed that the chemical recalcitrance of kerogen compounds had a significant impact on short-term biological stability and was strongly correlated with thermal stability indices.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Johann Schnyder, Francois Baudin, Roger Jan Du Chene
Summary: This study characterized the organic matter content of marine deposits at the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian transition in the Boulonnais region of France. The results showed that there were organic-rich deposits in platform environments during the early late Kimmeridgian period, which were associated with enhanced planktonic productivity and/or developing dysoxia/anoxia. Similar organic-rich intervals were also observed in platform deposits in Normandy and Charentes in France, as well as in basinal deposits from Yorkshire and Dorset in the UK. The study suggested that the onset of the late Jurassic organic-rich bands (ORB) in NW Europe was triggered by seawater warming.
COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Eva Kanari, Lauric Cecillon, Francois Baudin, Hugues Clivot, Fabien Ferchaud, Sabine Houot, Florent Levavasseur, Bruno Mary, Laure Soucemarianadin, Claire Chenu, Pierre Barre
Summary: Changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks have a significant impact on atmospheric CO2 concentration during the 21st century. This study proposes a machine learning approach to optimize the initialization of SOC models, resulting in improved accuracy. The results suggest that multi-compartmental models combined with this initialization method can simulate observed SOC stock changes with excellent precision.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Alexis Caillaud, Melesio Quijada, Stephan R. Hlohowskyj, Anthony Chappaz, Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles, Jean-Yves Reynaud, Armelle Riboulleau, Francois Baudin, Thierry Adatte, Jean-Noel Ferry, Nicolas Tribovillard
Summary: The Marnes Bleues Formation in the Vocontian Basin of Southeastern France contains dark-colored levels that are typically rich in organic matter. However, a multi-parameter study revealed that these levels vary in their organic matter content, sedimentation and accumulation rates, and other characteristics. Despite the variations, all the dark levels were found to have low to modest enrichments in organic matter. This suggests that factors such as productivity and oxygen levels alone are not sufficient to induce high accumulations of organic matter. These findings may have broader implications for other settings, regardless of their geological age or location.
BSGF-EARTH SCIENCES BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
C. Beraud, F. Piola, J. Gervaix, G. Meiffren, C. Creuze des Chatelliers, A. Delort, C. Boisselet, S. Poussineau, E. Lacroix, A. A. M. Cantarel
Summary: This study investigated the soil factors influencing the development of biological denitrification inhibition (BDI) and found that initial soil moisture, ammonium concentration, and the initial abundance of certain microbial genes play significant roles in BDI development. Additionally, the research highlighted the relevance of biotic factors in explaining BDI and proposed the use of procyanidin concentration from plant belowground system as a new proxy for measuring BDI intensity.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yizhu Qiao, Tingting Wang, Qiwei Huang, Hanyue Guo, He Zhang, Qicheng Xu, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling
Summary: Soil microbial community coalescence, the mixing and interaction of microbial communities, has been found to enhance the stability and complexity of rhizobacterial networks, leading to improved plant health and biomass. This study investigated the effects of different degrees of bacterial community coalescence on plant disease resistance by mixing soils from healthy and diseased habitats for watermelon planting. The results showed that mixing in more healthy soil reduced the plant disease index and increased biomass by improving the stability and complexity of the rhizobacterial network. Core taxa Nitrospirillum and Singulisphaera were enriched in the rhizosphere from healthy soils and played important roles in disease suppression and regulating the positive cohesion and modularity of the networks. Overall, these findings provide insights into the potential mechanism of microbial community coalescence for improving plant microbial community function and suggest new tools for enhancing plant fitness via soil microbiota mixing.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Mengqiu He, Shending Chen, Lei Meng, Xiaoqian Dan, Wenjie Wang, Qinying Zhu, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Pierfrancesco Nardi, Christoph Mueller
Summary: Maize genotypes directly affect gene expression and nitrogen uptake capacity. The feedback between maize genotypes and soil nitrogen transformations, as well as their regulations on nitrogen uptake capacity, have been studied. The findings suggest that maize genotypes play a central role in regulating these feedbacks, which are important for maize breeding and enhancing maize production.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sensen Chen, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo, Eiko Kuramae, Wenjie Ren
Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the effects of NMs on the soil microbiome through a global meta-analysis. The results reveal significant negative impacts of NMs on soil microbial diversity, biomass, activity, and function. Metal NMs, especially Ag NMs, have the most pronounced negative effects on various soil microbial community metrics.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Shareen K. D. Sanders, Gerard Martinez-De Leon, Ludovico Formenti, Madhav P. Thakur
Summary: Collembolans, the diverse group of soil invertebrates, are affected by anthropogenic climate warming, which alters their diversity and density. In addition to abiotic stressors, changes in food availability, specifically the abundance of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi, influence Collembola responses to climate warming. Collembolans prefer saprotrophic fungi but rely on mycorrhizal fungi when food sources are scarce. Understanding the mechanisms behind these dietary shifts in warm-dry and warm-wet soil conditions is crucial for predicting the impact of climate change on Collembola-fungal interactions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Wimonsiri Pingthaisong, Sergey Blagodatsky, Patma Vityakon, Georg Cadisch
Summary: A study found that mixing high-C/N ratio rice straw with low-C/N ratio groundnut stover can improve the chemical composition of the input, stimulate microbial growth, decrease the loss of residue-derived carbon in the soil, and reduce native soil carbon and nitrogen consumption.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Jiachen Wang, Jie Zhao, Rong Yang, Xin Liu, Xuyuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Wende Yan, Kelin Wang
Summary: Nitrogen is vital for ecosystem productivity, restoration, and succession processes. This study found that legume intercropping was more effective than chemical nitrogen fertilizers in promoting the complexity and stability of the soil micro-food web, as it increased microbial and nematode communities and enhanced energy flow patterns.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)