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Nature reserves may sequester significantly more carbon than high-input agricultural lands, according to comparison of Ohio sites

08.10.22 | PLOS

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Wetlands, bioenergy crops (Miscanthus), the Conservation Reserve Program, and forest located on the campus of The Ohio State University South Centers.
From the left are wetlands, bioenergy crops (Miscanthus), the Conservation Reserve Program, and forest located on the campus of The Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio. Credit: Rafiq Islam, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Nature reserves may sequester significantly more carbon than high-input agricultural lands, according to comparison of Ohio sites

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263205

Article Title: Impact of deforestation and temporal land-use change on soil organic carbon storage, quality, and lability

Author Countries: Ghana, U.S.A., Ukraine

Funding: This work was funded by the Norman Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (Borlaug LEAP) through a grant to the University of California-Davis by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders did not play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0263205

Impact of deforestation and temporal land-use change on soil organic carbon storage, quality, and lability

10-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Carbon Capture Deforestation Deforestation Rates Nature Reserves Organic Carbon Soil Carbon

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0263205
Article Publication Date
2022-08-10
Article Title
Impact of deforestation and temporal land-use change on soil organic carbon storage, quality, and lability
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, August 10). Nature reserves may sequester significantly more carbon than high-input agricultural lands, according to comparison of Ohio sites. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J43ZJRL/nature-reserves-may-sequester-significantly-more-carbon-than-high-input-agricultural-lands-according-to-comparison-of-ohio-sites.html
MLA:
"Nature reserves may sequester significantly more carbon than high-input agricultural lands, according to comparison of Ohio sites." Brightsurf News, Aug. 10 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J43ZJRL/nature-reserves-may-sequester-significantly-more-carbon-than-high-input-agricultural-lands-according-to-comparison-of-ohio-sites.html.