Put more carbon in soils to meet Paris climate pledges

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 564; no. 7734; pp. 32 - 34
• Main Authors: Rumpel, Cornelia, Amiraslani, Farshad, Koutika, Lydie-Stella, Smith, Pete, Whitehead, David, Wollenberg, Eva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694; 704/172; 706/648/453; Agriculture; Agriculture - methods; Agriculture - trends; Agroforestry; Air pollution; Alfalfa; Atmosphere - chemistry; Bacteria; Beans; Biodiversity and Ecology; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - analysis; Carbon Sequestration; Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Comment; Crop residues; Disasters - prevention & control; Droughts; Ecology, environment; Emissions; Emissions control; Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence; Environmental Sciences; Farmers; Fertilizers; Food security; Food Supply; Fungi; Global Warming - legislation & jurisprudence; Global Warming - prevention & control; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Grocery stores; International Cooperation - legislation & jurisprudence; Life Sciences; Methods; Mineral fertilizers; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrous oxide; Nutrients; Organic matter; Organic phosphorus; Paris; Peat; Peat bogs; Peatlands; Phosphorus; Plant growth; Plantations; Politics; Rapeseed; Researchers; Soil - chemistry; Soil bacteria; Soil carbon; Soil erosion; Soil fauna; Soil microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soils; Paris; United Kingdom; France; United States > US; Asia; Africa; Latin America; Policy; Climate change; Environmental sciences
• ISSN: 0028-0836; 1476-4687; 1476-4687
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07587-4

Take these eight steps to make soils more resilient to drought, produce more food and store emissions, urge Cornelia Rumpel and colleagues. Take these eight steps to make soils more resilient to drought, produce more food and store emissions, urge Cornelia Rumpel and colleagues.