About this Research Topic
As a major regulator of the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrient availability, soil microorganisms partake in a variety of biochemical reactions. Soil microorganisms exert two primary, contradictory impacts on controlling soil carbon dynamics: firstly, they enhance carbon release into the atmosphere via the catabolic activity; secondly, they prevent release through stabilizing SOC in a form that resists decomposition. Because of the large soil carbon pool, even small changes in the balance between inputs and outputs from the soil carbon pool can exert a significant impact on atmospheric CO2 levels.
Over the past few decades, the influence of climate change, such as the increased CO2 levels, rising temperature, sudden heat or drought stress, and extreme weather events, on soil carbon cycling have been intensively analyzed. The focus on investigating the global carbon cycle due to its connection to climate change has led to an increasing number of studies on microbial control of SOC. It has been extensively recognized that the extent of the soil SOC reservoir is determined by microbial involvement since soil carbon dynamics ultimately stem from microbial activity and growth. However, the mechanisms by which these microbe-regulated processes cause soil carbon stabilization under climate change is still unclear.
This Research Topic of Frontiers in Environmental Science-Soil Processes focuses on climate change and its impact on soil microbial control carbon sequestration. 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 are welcome for submission to this Research Topic. In addition, papers introducing new approaches or models within environmental sciences, soil science, microbial ecology are also welcome. We encourage submissions spanning diverse disciplines associated with the related research areas, including environmental science, agricultural meteorology, agronomy, plant science, soil science, ecology, and climate change biology.
Topics of interest for this Research Topic include, but are not limited to:
1. Novel insights into the interplay in soil microbial community function;
2. Recent advancements in soil carbon dynamics under the influence of global climate change;
3. Biogeochemical mechanisms connecting soil microbes and SOC;
4. The role of soil microbes in the SOC conversion process;
5. The new high-throughput sequencing for soil microbes, including metagenome, transcriptomics, metabonomics methods, etc.;
6. Response of soil microbes to climate change and their impacts on SOC transformation and fixation;
7. Addressing uncertainty in estimating SOC pool at the local, regional, and global scales.
Over the past few decades, the influence of climate change, such as the increased CO2 levels, rising temperature, sudden heat or drought stress, and extreme weather events, on soil carbon cycling have been intensively analyzed. The focus on investigating the global carbon cycle due to its connection to climate change has led to an increasing number of studies on microbial control of SOC. It has been extensively recognized that the extent of the soil SOC reservoir is determined by microbial involvement since soil carbon dynamics ultimately stem from microbial activity and growth. However, the mechanisms by which these microbe-regulated processes cause soil carbon stabilization under climate change is still unclear.
This Research Topic of Frontiers in Environmental Science-Soil Processes focuses on climate change and its impact on soil microbial control carbon sequestration. 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 are welcome for submission to this Research Topic. In addition, papers introducing new approaches or models within environmental sciences, soil science, microbial ecology are also welcome. We encourage submissions spanning diverse disciplines associated with the related research areas, including environmental science, agricultural meteorology, agronomy, plant science, soil science, ecology, and climate change biology.
Topics of interest for this Research Topic include, but are not limited to:
1. Novel insights into the interplay in soil microbial community function;
2. Recent advancements in soil carbon dynamics under the influence of global climate change;
3. Biogeochemical mechanisms connecting soil microbes and SOC;
4. The role of soil microbes in the SOC conversion process;
5. The new high-throughput sequencing for soil microbes, including metagenome, transcriptomics, metabonomics methods, etc.;
6. Response of soil microbes to climate change and their impacts on SOC transformation and fixation;
7. Addressing uncertainty in estimating SOC pool at the local, regional, and global scales.
Keywords: Soil organic carbon, Soil microbes, Climate change, Soil carbon sequestration, Soil biochemical processes, Microbial community and function
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