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The realities of climate change, conservation agriculture and soil carbon sequestration
Author(s) -
Hunt James R.,
Celestina Corinne,
Kirkegaard John A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.15082
Subject(s) - carbon sequestration , soil carbon , environmental science , carbon fibers , yield (engineering) , climate change , agriculture , agronomy , agroforestry , crop yield , soil science , soil water , carbon dioxide , ecology , biology , mathematics , materials science , algorithm , composite number , metallurgy
The principles of conservation agriculture are frequently assumed to increase soil organic carbon and crop yield under all circumstances. A new analysis confirms that this is not the case, and that the likelihood of increasing either soil organic carbon or crop yield is environmentally dependent. This is a commentary on Sun et al. 26, 3325–3335.