Soil Quality
Fact Sheets - How Much Carbon can Soil Store
Recent interest in carbon sequestration has raised questions about how much organic carbon (OC) can be stored in soil. Increasing the amount of OC stored in soil may be one option for decreasing the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Increasing the amount of OC stored in soil may also improve soil quality as OC contributes to many beneficial physical, chemical and biological processes in the soil ecosystem.
