Historical and future variation of soil organic carbon in China

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 436; p. 116557
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zipeng, Ding, Jianli, Zhu, Chuanmei, Wang, Jinjie, Ge, Xiangyu, Li, Xiang, Han, Lijing, Chen, Xiangyue, Wang, Jingzhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2023
• Subjects: algorithms; China; climate; Climate change; Digital soil mapping; food security; land management; prediction; Random Forest; soil; Soil organic carbon; soil quality; China; WGS; LULC; Digital soil mapping; SOC; DEM; Random Forest; GCM; CMIP6; Climate change; RF; GSC; LC; Soil organic carbon; DSM
• ISSN: 0016-7061; 1872-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116557

•The SOC in two depths were mapped at a resolution of 1 km and five-year interval during 1980–2100.•Three climate scenarios of SSP 1–1.9, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 in CMIP6 were considered.•The top 20 cm and 100 cm SOC of China both acted as carbon sinks during 1980–2020.•The SOC will fluctuate signific...