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Soil Organic Carbon Content
Soil organic carbon, the major component of soil organic matter, is extremely important in all soil processes. Organic material in the soil is essentially derived from residual plant and animal material, synthesised by microbes and decomposed under the influence of temperature, moisture and ambient soil conditions. The annual rate of loss of organic matter can vary greatly, depending on cultivation practices, the type of plant/crop cover, drainage status of the soil and weather conditions. There are two groups of factors that influence inherent organic matter content: natural factors (climate, soil parent material, land cover and/or vegetation and topography), and human-induced factors (land use, management and degradation). Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon (C) stock in most terrestrial ecosystems (Lal, 2008a), containing approximately 2344 Gt of organic C globally (Stockmann et al., 2013). Moreover, soil is recognized as the second largest C pool after the oceans and one of the most important components of the biosphere, delivering major ecosystem services and functions (Ogle & Paustian, 2005). Policy frameworks influencing land use and land use changes could trigger dramatic changes in SOC levels. At a global scale, guidelines to quantify changes in greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils, land-use changes and forestry categories have been adopted in the ‘Land Use, Land- Use Change and Forestry’ (LULUCF) activities, listed in articles 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol (UN, 1997). Following LULUCF Decision 529/2013 accounting for cropland and grazing land management has become mandatory for EU Member States. European Soil Data Centre makes available the data and information on soil organic carbon both at European scale and Global scale.
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Title: Soil organic carbon losses with lateral transfer to the oceans | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2024 Keywords: carbon losses | |
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Title: Changes in Soil Organic Carbon in Croplands and Grasslands between 2009 and 2018 | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, SOC Changes, Agricultural SOC Stocks, Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2023 Keywords: SOC | |
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Title: Cover Crops across Europe | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2023 Keywords: cover crops | |
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Title: LUCAS 2018 TOPSOIL data | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Point Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil Nutrients, Soil pH, Soil Sampling Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2022 Publisher: European Commission Keywords: LUCAS | , LUCAS SOIL | , clay | , silt | , sand | , coarse fragments | , pH | , OC | , SOC | , Organic Carbon Content | , carbonates | , CaCO3 | , nitrogen | , phosphorous | , potassium | , N | , P | , K | , EC | , Electrical conductivity | , Oxalate extractable Fe | , Oxalate extractable Al | |
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Title: Carbon mitigation potential and radiative agricultural land management | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Functions Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Country: Italy Year: 2020 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en Keywords: soil organic carbon | |
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Title: Soil GHG fluxes using LUCAS soil-DayCent (for EU) | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Functions Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil climate regulation Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2018 Keywords: Climate change | |
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Title: Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Projections for Europe | |
Resource Type: Datasets Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Author: Yusuf Yigini and Panos Panagos, European Commission Year: 2016 |
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Title: Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25 | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2014 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre Keywords: SOC | , organic carbon | , content | , policy | |
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Title: Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Agricultural SOC Stocks Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre Keywords: SOC | , Stocvks | , CAPRESE | , CENTURY | |
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Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Author: R. Hiederer, M. Köchy Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Keywords: organic carbon | , Harmonized World Soil Database | , Climate change | |
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Title: OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe | |
Resource Type: Datasets, Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, European Data Registration requested: Request Form |
Continent: Author: Jones, R.J.A., Hiederer, R., Rusco, E., Loveland, P.J. and Montanarella, L. Year: 2004 Language: en Keywords: organic carbon | , SOC | , octop | |
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Attachments: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content (%)
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