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Lateral carbon transfer from erosion in noncroplands matters
Pasquale Borrelli1, Panos Panagos2, Emanuele Lugato2
1Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
This study combines two unprecedentedly high resolution (250 × 250 m) maps of soil erosion (inter-rill and rill processes) and soil organic carbon to calculate a global estimate of erosion-induced organic carbon (C) displacement. The results indicate a gross C displacement by soil erosion of 2.5-0.3+0.5 Pg C/year. The greatest share of displaced C (64%) comes from seminatural lands and forests. This suggests that lateral C transfer from erosion in noncroplands may play a more important role than previously assumed.
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