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Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is altering forest soil carbon dynamics, yet the role of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis in regulating soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization under elevated N rema...

Combining a metagenomic analysis of agroecosystem soils along a 7-metre depth profile with microcosm incubations and a global synthesis, the authors find increases in viral diversity, lysogeny and necromass carbon accumulation in deeper soils.

Key Takeaways Biochar application increases microbial biomass carbon, microbial necromass carbon, and overall soil organic carbon pools globally. Low nitrogen soils experience significantly greater percentage increases in carbon sequestration compared to high nitrogen soils. High nitrogen soils rely more heavily on aggregate-mediated physical protection mechanisms for carbon storage. Low nitrogen soils depend primarily on microbially mediated mineral-association pathways to stabilize organic matter.

A decade-long tree diversity experiment reveals that fungal necromass responds to tree richness and mycorrhizal type years before shifts appear in

A field experiment in a subtropical Chinese plantation shows that inorganic and organic nitrogen additions alike reduce soil microbial necromass carbon by around 20 percent, driven by shifts in

NC State-led research shows microbial necromass can serve as an early indicator of long-term soil carbon storage in agroforestry systems.

Much of the persistent soil organic carbon (SOC) pool is microbial in origin: microorganisms process plant carbon into biomass and their necromass can associate with mineral surfaces, contributing to ...

The amount of energy that soil microbes can obtain from oxidizing available organic carbon is limited, which keeps many of them dormant and restricts their growth, necromass production and ultimately ...

Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as "proxies" for measuring how different regenerative agriculture practices could improve soil carbon—years before it would be possible to measure the carbon directly.

Fungal networks sequester 13.12 gigatons of carbon annually. Mycelium and glomalin act as biological cement to stabilize soil and fight emissions