CSIRO has undertaken this review to address some of the uncertainties and unanswered research questions associated with soil carbon and sequestering carbon in soils.
In Australia there has been much uncertainty and debate about questions of: the total potential of agricultural soils to store additional carbon; the rate at which soils can accumulate carbon; the permanence of such carbon sinks; and how best to monitor changes in carbon levels
To help clarify some of these issues, this report presents both a review of the mechanisms of carbon capture and storage in agricultural soils and an analysis of the published evidence for changes in soil carbon levels resulting from changes in agricultural management.
This work was supported through a funding contribution from the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
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