Xiali Mao

May 31, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Davey Jones |Xiali Mao

The urgent need for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) removal includes efforts to enhance soil carbon (C) sequestration (De Stefano and Jacobson, 2018; Schlesinger and Amundson, 2019; U.S. White House, 2023). Much recent attention has focused on the opportunity to harness the soil microbiome to increase soil organic matter (SOM) formation and persistence via microbial biomass, activity, and turnover (Jansson and Hofmockel, 2020).