Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis

  • Yalong Liu,
  • Tida Ge,
  • Kees Jan van Groenigen,
  • Yuanhe Yang,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Kun Cheng,
  • Zhenke Zhu,
  • Jingkuan Wang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Georg Guggenberger,
  • Jordi Sardans,
  • Josep Penuelas,
  • Jinshui Wu,
  • Yakov Kuzyakov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00229-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Rice paddies represent approximately 1.2% of the global soil organic carbon pool and contain 20% more soil organic carbon per hectare than croplands on average, according to a global synthesis.