About this Research Topic
The terrestrial carbon cycle is an essential source of atmospheric CO2, which can significantly amplify global climate change. In addition to increased atmospheric CO2 concentration and warming, other climate factors such as long-term droughts and heavy rainfall, as well as environmental factors such as increased pollution, may also change or even dominate the carbon balance of the global ecosystem. For example, since a large amount of carbon is stored in vegetation and soil organic matter, these carbons will be released into the atmosphere as CO2 or CH4 through microbial metabolism, which seriously impacts the global climate. Therefore, the feedback between the carbon cycle and climate has recently received much attention. However, we lack a comprehensive and in-depth understanding about climate change and/or pollution in the soil carbon cycle, which restricts our ability to enhance model optimization and take action to predict and alleviate climate change.
It is difficult to quantify and predict the terrestrial carbon cycle under climate change due to limited understanding of the processes by which carbon and related nutrients are transformed or recycled in ecosystems, especially in soil pollution, and exchanged with the atmosphere. This Research Topic of Frontiers in Environmental Science focuses on the feedback of the terrestrial carbon cycle on climate change and pollution. We welcome contributions from multiple disciplines related to this topic, including agronomy, soil science, plant science, environmental pollution, and ecology. Here are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Research Topic:
• Climate change and carbon cycle: climate warming, soil drying-rewetting processes and net primary production increase on soil organic carbon decomposition and carbon balance;
• Soil pollution and carbon cycle: soil heavy metals, microplastics and nanoplastics with the carbon cycle, soil contaminant on carbon cycle under climate change.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions of the following article types: Brief Research Report, Correction, Data Report, Editorial, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Policy Brief, Policy and Practice Reviews, Review, Systematic Review, Technology and Code.
It is difficult to quantify and predict the terrestrial carbon cycle under climate change due to limited understanding of the processes by which carbon and related nutrients are transformed or recycled in ecosystems, especially in soil pollution, and exchanged with the atmosphere. This Research Topic of Frontiers in Environmental Science focuses on the feedback of the terrestrial carbon cycle on climate change and pollution. We welcome contributions from multiple disciplines related to this topic, including agronomy, soil science, plant science, environmental pollution, and ecology. Here are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Research Topic:
• Climate change and carbon cycle: climate warming, soil drying-rewetting processes and net primary production increase on soil organic carbon decomposition and carbon balance;
• Soil pollution and carbon cycle: soil heavy metals, microplastics and nanoplastics with the carbon cycle, soil contaminant on carbon cycle under climate change.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions of the following article types: Brief Research Report, Correction, Data Report, Editorial, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Policy Brief, Policy and Practice Reviews, Review, Systematic Review, Technology and Code.
Keywords: climate change, soil organic carbon, terrestrial ecosystem, pollution, heavy metal, microplastics, nanoplastics
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