Management of Carbon Sequestration in Soil

Lal, Rattan

ISBN 10: 1315895153 / ISBN 13: 9781315895154

Published by CRC Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Management of Carbon Sequestration in Soil
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1315895153
• ISBN 13: 9781315895154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This book addresses the importance of soil processes in the global carbon cycle.Agricultural activities considered responsible for an increase in CO2 levels in our atmosphere include: deforestation, biomass burning, tillage and intensive cultivation, and drainage of wetlands.However, agriculture can also be a solution to the problem in which carbon can be removed from the atmosphere and permanently sequestered into the soil. Management of Carbon Sequestration in Soil highlights the importance of world soils as a sink for atmospheric carbon and discusses the impact of tillage, conservation reserve programs (CRP), management of grasslands and woodlands, and other soil and crop management and land use practices that lead to carbon sequestration.

About the Author

Dr. Rattan Lal is a Professor of Soil Science in the School of Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. Dr. John M. Kimble is a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service National Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Ronald F. Follett s Supervisory Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Soil Plant Nutrient Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO. He previously served 10 years as a National Program Leader with ARS headquarters in Beltsville, MD. Dr. Bobby A. Stewart is a Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, and Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute at West Texas A&M University.