Brooke E. Propson

Nov 2, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Aimée T. Classen |Andrew Burton |Brooke E. Propson |Donald R. Zak

AbstractHistorically high anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition enhanced the global terrestrial carbon (C) sink that has partially offset anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This was driven by the suppression of microbial activity associated with the breakdown of biochemically recalcitrant soil organic matter (SOM), which resulted in the consequential accumulation of soil C.