Study describes inconsistencies in how different Earth system models predict soil carbon levels
Global distribution of soil organic carbon change for eight models present in both Coupled Model Intercomparison Project and CMIP6. Credit: AGU Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023AV001068
Soil carbon is exactly what it sounds like: carbon collected and stored in soil. Plants pull carbon from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and deposit it into the soil as their leaves, stems, and roots decompose. In fact, soil contains more…