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Session Proposal: Soil as a solution to climate change? Insights from empirical, modeling, and big data studies (AGU25)

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Soil as a solution to climate change? Insights from empirical, modeling, and big data studies

Session ID#: 249262

Session Description:
Soils offer promising carbon dioxide removal (CDR) potential for storing carbon in both organic and inorganic forms over extended periods within the portfolio of nature-based solutions. Various approaches, such as biochar, cover crops, grazing management, and enhanced rock weathering, have been proposed to promote either soil organic or inorganic carbon storage. However, how soil carbon forms, stabilizes, and responds to changes in management and climate remains to be elucidated at different scales. This session highlights the critical role of managing both organic and inorganic carbon in promoting soil carbon sequestration. We focus on recent advances from field experiments, modeling, and big data analyses in understanding critical processes in the soil carbon cycle and their responses to climate change across different spatio-temporal scales. In particular, we welcome interdisciplinary studies that reconcile mechanistic understanding from field studies, theoretical modeling, and emerging data mining patterns for managing soils as a robust CDR approach.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0434 Data sets [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0486 Soils/pedology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Primary Convener:  Feng Tao, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology, State College, United States
Conveners:  Yuanyuan Huang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Sophie von Fromm, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States and Benjamin Z Houlton, Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Global Development, Ithaca, United States
 
Improving soil health and plant growth through torrefied biomass: A circular economic approach (1847578)
Abdul Rehman, Indian Institute of Technology Rookee, Roorkee, India
 
Assessing Coastal Prairie Soils for Long-Term Carbon Removal (1849339)
Pauline Nguyen1, Thomas Malloy2 and Jagos Radovic2, (1)University of Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, United States, (2)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, United States
 
Carbon Credits from Soil Erosion Reduction Under Cover Crops: More Than just Plant Inputs (1852109)
Wenjuan Huang1, Lifen Jiang2, Jian Zhou3, Hyung-Sub Kim2, Jingfeng Xiao4 and Yiqi Luo2, (1)Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Ames, IA, United States, (2)Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, United States, (3)School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, (4)University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States
 
From Climate Solution to Uncertainty: How Changing Precipitation Patterns Affect Soil Carbon Dynamics (Invited) (1854078)
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States, Kyungjin Min, University of California Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, Leila Maria Wahab, Yale University, New Haven, United States, Yang Yang, Auburn University, Auburn, United States and Teamrat A Ghezzehei, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, United States
 
Tilling is Not Enough: Biochar is Highly Mobile in Hydrologically Variable Environments (1868422)
Thembelihle Chaza, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, Asfaw Bekele, Imperial Oil Resources, Calgary, Canada, Xiaodong Gao, Rice University, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, Meytal B. Higgins, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, United States, Julia Seay, Rice University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, United States and Caroline A Masiello, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
 
Efficacy of woody debris preservation for carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere (Invited) (1872547)
Yiqi Luo, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Organic Nitrogen Stimulates Soil Respiration In Decade-Long in Grassland Soils: A Critical but Overlooked Component of Natural N Deposition (1877175)
Lili Dong, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, LIAONING, CHINA, Björn Berg, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki, Finland and Yiqi Luo, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, United States
 
Ensemble agroecosystem modeling to predict crop yield and soil carbon change in CONUS croplands (1879175)
Sagar Gautam1,2, Umakant Mishra3 and Chang Gyo Jung1, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, United States, (2)Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, United States
 
Decadal-Scale Assessment of No-Tillage Impacts on Crop Productivity and Soil Carbon Using a Multi-Model Ensemble Approach (1896987)
Chang Gyo Jung, Sagar Gautam and Umakant Mishra, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, United States
 
Carbon input regulates global particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon storage (1902576)
Yuanyuan Huang1, Yin Liu2, Jin Qian2 and Jing Hu3, (1)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Hohai University, Nanjing, China, (3)University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Orlando, United States
 
Flexible Temperature-dependent Differentiation of Carbon Fractions with the Elementar soli TOC® cube (1906715)
Calum Preece1, Kyle William Robert Taylor2, Fabian Alt3 and Almut Loos3, (1)Elementar UK Ltd, Stockport, United Kingdom, (2)Elementar Americas, Inc., Ronkonkoma, United States, (3)Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH, Langenselbold, Germany
 
Process-guided and Al-assisted Soil Carbon Foundation Model for Natural Climate Solutions (1937374)
Feng Tao1, Haodi Xu2, Joshua Fan3, Yiqi Luo2, Carla Gomes4 and Benjamin Z Houlton5, (1)The Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology, State College, United States, (2)Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, United States, (3)Cornell University, Department of Computer Science, Ithaca, United States, (4)Cornell University, Ithaca, United States, (5)Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Global Development, Ithaca, United States
 
More Carbon Per Drop: Decoding Soil Carbon for Climate Resilience in Water-Limited Areas (1944253)
Rajan Ghimire1, Sundar Sapkota2, Juan Frene2, Prakriti Bista2, Pramod Acharya3 and Atinderpal Singh4, (1)New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, NM, United States, (2)New Mexico State University, Agricultural Science Center, Clovis, United States, (3)New Mexico State University Main Campus, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Las Cruces, United States, (4)New Mexico State University, Clovis, United States
 
Quantifying the Effects of Grassland Restoration on Soil Organic Carbon Stock (1954126)
Clara Hogan1, Isaac J Larsen2, Ashley Keiser3, Hannah Naughton3, Tim Cook4, Matthew Winnick5, Rachel Hestrin3, Colin Kulak6, Eyal Marder1 and Billie Bernard6, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States, (5)University of Massachusetts, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States, (6)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States
 
Mapping the global soil organic carbon restoration opportunity (1954222)
Jose Lucas Safanelli1, Jonathan Sanderman1, Tomislav Hengl2, Serkan Isik2, Xuemeng Tian2 and Icshani Wheeler2, (1)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (2)OpenGeoHub Foundation, Doorwerth, Netherlands
 
Plasticity in the Soil Hydrogen Sink: Increasing Soil H2 Uptake Through Biostimulation (1966539)
Laura K Meredith1, Brian Ngyuen2, Juliana Gil-Loaiza1 and Zhaoxin Zhang3, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Keep Engaging Youth in Science Program, Tucson, United States, (3)The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
 
Insects & Biochar: What's Making the Impact? (1982089)
Hannah Bell, Research Experience for Community College Students, Boulder, United States and Manuela Mejia
 
Change in Soil Organic Carbon Stock 10–15 Years After Forest Conversion to Cropland and Urban Parkland, South Korea (1984148)
Minsu Choe, Korea University Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seongbuk-gu, South Korea, Jeongmin Lee, Korea University, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Lee Youngjin, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Sanggeun Kwon, Korea University, Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Seoul, South Korea and Yowhan Son, Korea University, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
 
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the carbon dioxide removal potential, cost, and geochemical aspects of Enhanced Weathering (1996852)
Tim Jesper Suhrhoff1, Christiana Dietzen2, Tyler Kukla3, Abby Lunstrum4, Tom Reershemius5, Jake Thompson6, D Brian Brian Rogers7, Jonas Schneider6, Feng Tao8, Liam Bullock9, Patrick Frings10, Jonathan Lambert11, Robrecht Van Der Bauwhede12, Shashank Kumar Anand13, James Campbell14, Isabella Chiaravalloti13, Isabelle Davis15, Millie Dobson16, Xavier Dupla17, Spyros Fonteinis18, Minger Guo19, Kirsty Harrington20, Chloe Kent6, Alexandra Klemme21, Jennifer Kroeger22, Tobias Linke23, Stella Linnekogel24, Spencer Moller6, Ella Milliken25, Likhwa Ndlovu26, Harun Niron27, Shrey Patel26, Evelin Pihlap28, Katie Rees29, Rob Rioux30, Malgorzata Rizzi31, Samuel Shaheen32, Laura Steinwidder27, Isabella Steeley33, Tim Sweere17, Fengchao Sun32, Xiying Sun34, Lolyn Tejedalemus35, Wyatt Tatge32, Arthur Vienne27, James Westphalen36, Beck Woollen37, Maya Almaraz32, Salvatore Calabrese38, Tyler Cyronak39, Benjamin Z Houlton40, Yoshiki Kanzaki41, Kate Maher42, Rebecca Bergquist Neumann43, Ian Power19, Peter A Raymond32, James E Saiers32, Rafael Santos44, Shuang Zhang34, Christopher T. Reinhard45, Noah Planavsky46, Sara Vicca47, Phil Renforth48, Jens Hartmann49 and Sabine Fuss50, (1)Yale University, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, New Haven, CT, United States, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, United States, (4)University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, (5)Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, (6)Yale University, New Haven, United States, (7)Nanovation, Chateaufort, France, (8)Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, United States, (9)Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrin, Spain, (10)Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, (11)NYU Gallatin School, New York, United States, (12)KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium, (13)Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, (14)Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (15)Geochemical Society, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (16)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (17)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (18)Heriot-Watt University, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (19)Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, (20)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (21)University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (22)Yale University, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, United States, (23)University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, (24)UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (25)Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT, United States, (26)University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Philadelphia, United States, (27)Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium, (28)Center of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, Tartu, Estonia, (29)University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, (30)Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States, (31)University of Copenhagen, København K, Denmark, (32)Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, United States, (33)University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences, Sheffield, United Kingdom, (34)Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, College Station, United States, (35)Stanford University, Stanford, United States, (36)Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, United States, (37)Carbon Removal Standards Initiative, Washington D.C., United States, (38)Texas A&M University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, United States, (39)Georgia Southern University, Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Statesboro, United States, (40)Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Global Development, Ithaca, United States, (41)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States, (42)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, United States, (43)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (44)University of Guelph, Civil, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering, Guelph, Canada, (45)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States, (46)Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, United States, (47)University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Antwerp, Belgium, (48)Heriot-Watt University, Research Centre for Carbon Solutions, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (49)Universität Hamburg, Institute for Geology / Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Hamburg, Germany, (50)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Overlooked Biases in Machine‑Learning Soil‑Carbon Maps: Depth Autocorrelation, Circular Density Logic, and Validation Gaps (1997622)
Saurav Kumar, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States, Laxman Bokati, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States, Rocky Talchabhadel, Jackson State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson, United States, Anil C Somenahally, Texas Agrilife Research, Vernon, TX, United States and Javad Robatjazi, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States
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