Soil carbon sequestration and the greenhouse effect 2nd edition

Choices of appropriate species, stand management, along with judicious practices of site preparation enhance carbon pool in forest soils. Adoption of recommended management practices can be facilitated through creation of another income stream by trading C credits. The present edition is an update of the concepts, processes, properties, practices and the supporting data. All chapters are new contributions, by both former and other invited authors.

The second edition comprises of 23 chapters. In addition to the Introductory and Concluding chapters, newer themes addressed are: urban soils, minesoils, biochemically recalcitrant compounds, carbonaceous materials, belowground C storage by woody plants, and peat soils.

The geographic focus of the book is North America. While a majority of contributions are from the U.

Thematically, the second edition encompasses data from modeling, lab analyses, plot studies, landscape assessment, and regional evaluation of soil C pools and fluxes. The second edition is an important reference material for researchers interested in processes, properties and practices affecting the soil C pool and its dynamics.

This Special Publication would not have been possible without the efforts of all of the chapter authors. We are grateful for their dedication in preparing each chapter and their sharing of their knowledge with the world community. Developing methods of sequestration for carbon emissions is essential to reducing this greenhouse effect, and the role of soils as carbon sinks may determine policies in the future.

The soil carbon pool has been a significant source of atmospheric carbon throughout history. As a major component of the global carbon cycle, soils are often overlooked in comparison to fossil fuel emissions.

But the soil carbon pool has many effects upon the environment, including filtering pollutants from water, regulating the quality and productivity of soil, and promoting the species diversity of soil flora and fauna.

Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect: Second Edition addresses new and emerging topics within this field for professionals, offering comprehensive evaluation and modeling of key processes that control soil carbon dynamics under a range of different conditions. For soil scientists interested in actively combating global warming, this understanding of the soil carbon pool is essential to moving forward.

In addition, the information presented about the carbon sink capacity of soils is also important to the future of production agriculture and global food security. That edition represented a breakthrough in science's understanding of soil's role in carbon sequestration. The second edition presents updates of new and emerging concepts of processes and properties within the field.