World Agroforestry Centre

Topographic and Climatic Determinants of Soil Organic Carbon Across Landscapes: A Meta‐Analysis

ABSTRACT The soil is the greatest natural store of organic carbon, holding between 1500 to 1550 Pg C of organic carbon at the top 100 cm of the soil globally—roughly twice the carbon pool in the atmosphere. The spatial distribution of this stock is controlled by a complex chain o...