Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003

Pete Smith; Stephen J. Chapman; W. Andy Scott; Helaina I. J. Black; Martin Wattenbach; Ronnie Milne; Colin D. Campbell; Allan Lilly; Nick Ostle; Peter E. Levy; David G. Lumsdon; Peter Millard; Willie Towers; Soenke Zaehle; Jo U. Smith

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Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003

Pete Smith, Stephen J. Chapman, W. Andy Scott, Helaina I. J. Black, Martin Wattenbach, Ronnie Milne, Colin D. Campbell, Allan Lilly, Nick Ostle, Peter E. Levy, David G. Lumsdon, Peter Millard, Willie Towers, Soenke Zaehle, Jo U. Smith

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Abstract

We present results from modelling studies, which suggest that, at most, only about 10-20% of recently observed soil carbon losses in England and Wales could possibly be attributable to climate warming. Further, we present reasons why the actual losses of SOC from organic soils in England and Wales might be lower than those reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2605-2609
Number of pages	5
Journal	Global Change Biology
Volume	13
Issue number	12
Early online date	19 Sept 2007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01458.x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

climate change
decomposition
soil organic carbon
soil organic matter
temperature sensitivity
CO2 emissions
model

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Smith, P., Chapman, S. J., Scott, W. A., Black, H. I. J., Wattenbach, M., Milne, R., Campbell, C. D., Lilly, A., Ostle, N., Levy, P. E., Lumsdon, D. G., Millard, P., Towers, W., Zaehle, S., & Smith, J. U. (2007). Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003. Global Change Biology, 13(12), 2605-2609. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01458.x

Smith, P, Chapman, SJ, Scott, WA, Black, HIJ, Wattenbach, M, Milne, R, Campbell, CD, Lilly, A, Ostle, N, Levy, PE, Lumsdon, DG, Millard, P, Towers, W, Zaehle, S & Smith, JU 2007, 'Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003', Global Change Biology, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 2605-2609. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01458.x

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Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003

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