A Chinese-led team discovered a whopping 2,305 billion tonnes of carbon stored as soil inorganic carbon (SIC) in the top two meters of soil worldwide, over five times of carbon found in all of the world's vegetation, revealing its crucial role in global #carbon storage.

Soil carbon usually refers only to the organic matter component of soils, known as soil organic carbon (SOC). However, #soilcarbon also has an inorganic component, known as soil inorganic carbon (SIC).
Read full: en.people.cn/n3/2024/0415/c…

A new study in Science Magazine underscores the urgency of incorporating inorganic carbon into #climatechange mitigation strategies. 🧵science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New study redefines soil carbon. Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) crucial for global carbon storage, says Chinese research in Science -xhtxs.cn/SCW

New study redefines soil carbon. Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) crucial for global carbon storage, says Chinese research in Science xhtxs.cn/SCW

Between a rock and a hard place. 🌱

Lots of the planet’s land-based carbon is held in soil. Scientists have viewed soil inorganic carbon as a stable pool that only changes slowly. However, human activities have made it more mobile.

Why that matters. 👇 csiro.au/en/news/All/Ar…

Regarding our new paper in Science Magazine -- Study reveals giant store of global soil carbon phys.org/news/2024-04-r…

Check our new work about soil inorganic carbon Science Magazine led by Yuanyuan Huang! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

First ever revealed giant global SIC storage to 2m 👉 ~2300 billion tons

Past overlooked huge impact 👉 Annually ~1 billion tons SIC lost to inland water

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Read our recent paper on the ‘Size, distribution, and vulnerability of the global soil inorganic carbon’ | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Thanks a lot, Daniel, for the help all the time

Size, distribution, and vulnerability of the global soil inorganic carbon | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…, led by Yuanyuan Huang. Nearly one billion tons of SIC are lost to inland waters annually. Future losses will reduce global SIC by 23 billion tons over the next 30 years.

Thanks a lot, Yiqi. The encourage and support from the mentor have always been the most important power that inspires my scientific studies

Size, distribution, and vulnerability of the global soil inorganic carbon

Yuanyuan Huang #carbon #Science #environment #geoscience

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

theconversation.com/trillions-of-t…

Yuanyuan Huang

I am extremely grateful to many inspiring scientists, mentors, colleagues and friends Daniel Goll R.A. Viscarra Rossel Philippe.ciais Pep Canadell Yiqi Luo Feng Tao 陶鳳. Many colleagues have sparked thought-provoking discussions on carbon and climate change.

Climate change, industrial pollution, and high-intensity farming drive changes in soil inorganic carbon.

Management practices that consider not only organic carbon but also inorganic carbon will increase the potential for soil carbon sequestration and improve soil health.