Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands

February 3, 2025

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Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands

Publicated to: Nature Climate Change. 14 (9): 976-982 - 2024-09-01 14(9), DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y

Authors:

Díaz-Martínez, P; Maestre, FT; Moreno-Jiménez, E; Delgado-Baquerizo, M; Eldridge, DJ; Saiz, H; Gross, N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y; Gozalo, B; Ochoa, V; Guirado, E; García-Gómez, M; Valencia, E; Asensio, S; Berdugo, M; Martínez-Valderrama, J; Mendoza, BJ; García-Gil, JC; Zaccone, C; Panettieri, M; García-Palacios, P; Fan, W; Benavente-Ferraces, I; Rey, A; Eisenhauer, N; Cesarz, S; Abedi, M; Ahumada, RJ; Alcántara, JM; Amghar, F; Aramayo, V; Arroyo, A; Bahalkeh, K; Ben Salem, F; Blaum, N; Boldgiv, B; Bowker, MA; Bran, D; Branquinho, C; Bu, CF; Cáceres, Y; Canessa, R; Castillo-Monroy, AP; Castro, I; Castro-Quezada, P; Chibani, R; Conceiçao, AA; Currier, CM; Darrouzet-Nardi, A; Deák, B; Dickman, CR; Donoso, DA; Dougill, AJ; Durán, J; Ejtehadi, H; Espinosa, C; Fajardo, A; Farzam, M; Ferrante, D; Fraser, LH; Gaitán, JJ; Montalván, EG; Hernández-Hernández, RM; von Hessberg, A; Hölzel, N; Huber-Sannwald, E; Hughes, FM; Jadán-Maza, O; Geissler, K; Jentsch, A; Ju, MC; Kaseke, KF; Kindermann, L; Koopman, JE; Le Roux, PC; Liancourt, P; Linstädter, A; Liu, JS; Louw, MA; Maggs-Kölling, G; Makhalanyane, TP; Issa, OM; Marais, E; Margerie, P; Mazaneda, AJ; McClaran, MP; Messeder, JVS; Mora, JP; Moreno, G; Munson, SM; Nunes, A; Oliva, G; Oñatibia, GR; Osborne, B; Peter, G; Pueyo, Y; Quiroga, RE; Reed, SC; Reyes, VM; Rodríguez, A; Ruppert, JC; Sala, O; Salah, A; Sebei, J; Sloan, M; Solongo, S; Stavi, I; Stephens, CRA; Teixido, AL; Thomas, AD; Throop, HL; Tielbörger, K; Travers, S; Val, J; Valko, O; van den Brink, L; Velbert, F; Wamiti, W; Wang, DL; Wang, LX; Wardle, GM; Yahdjian, L; Zaady, E; Zeberio, JM; Zhang, YM; Zhou, XB; Plaza, C

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Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Geog & Earth Sci, Aberystwyth - Author

Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Avignon Univ, IRD,IMBE - Author

Al Quds Univ - Author

Arizona State Univ, Global Drylands Ctr - Author

Arizona State Univ, Sch Earth & Space Explorat - Author

Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Desert & Oasis Ecol, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog - Author

CSIC, Estn Expt Zonas Aridas EEZA - Author

CSIC, Inst Ciencias Agr ICA - Author

CSIC, Inst Pirena Ecol IPE - Author

CSIC, Lab Biodiversidad & Funcionamiento Ecosistem, Inst Recursos Nat & Agrobiol Sevilla IRNAS - Author

CSIC, Mision Biol Galicia MBG - Author

CSIC, Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat MNCN - Author

Curtin Univ, Dept Mol & Life Sci, Perth - Author

Dead Sea & Arava Sci Ctr - Author

Ferdowsi Univ Mashhad, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Quantitat Plant Ecol & Biodivers Res Lab, Mashhad - Author

Gobabeb Namib Res Inst - Author

HUN REN Ctr Ecol Res, Inst Ecol & Bot, Lendulet Seed Ecol Res Grp - Author

Indiana Univ Indianapolis, Dept Earth & Environm Sci - Author

INECOL, Inst Ecol, Chihuahua - Author

Inst Adv Res Chem Sci - Author

Inst Nacl Tecnol Agr, Estn Expt Agr Bariloche, San Carlos De Bariloche - Author

Inst Nacl Tecnol Agr, Estn Expt Agr Catamarca - Author

Inst Nacl Tecnol Agr, Estn Expt Agr Santa Cruz - Author

Inst Potosino Invest Cient & Tecnol AC, San Luis Potosi - Author

Inst Reg Arides IRA, Lab Eremol & Combating Desertificat - Author

Inst Reg Arides IRA, Lab Pastoral Ecosyst & Promot Spontaneous Plants - Author

Jilin Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Environm & Resources - Author

Kaye Acad Coll Educ - Author

King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Biol & Environm Sci & Engn Div, Environm Sci & Engn - Author

Makhado Dept Agr - Author

Natl Museums Kenya, Zool Dept - Author

Natl Univ Mongolia, Sch Arts & Sci, Dept Biol, Lab Ecol & Evolutionary Synth - Author

New South Wales Govt, Dept Planning & Environm, Sci Div, Buronga - Author

No Arizona Univ, Ctr Ecosyst Sci & Soc - Author

No Arizona Univ, Sch Forestry - Author

Normandie Univ, ECODIV, INRAE, UNIROUEN - Author

Northeast Normal Univ, Inst Grassland Sci, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosyst Natl Observat & R, Key Lab Vegetat Ecol,Minist Educ - Author

Northwest Agr & Forestry Univ, Inst Soil & Water Conservat - Author

Penn State Univ, Ecol Program - Author

State Museum Nat Hist, Bot Dept - Author

Stellenbosch Univ, Fac Sci - Author

Sustainable Fibre Alliance - Author

Tarbiat Modares Univ, Fac Nat Resources & Marine Sci, Dept Range Management - Author

Thompson Rivers Univ, Dept Nat Resource Sci, Kamloops - Author

Univ Alicante, Inst Multidisciplinar Estudio Medio Ramon Margale - Author

Univ Americas, Grp Invest Ecol & Evoluc Trop EETrop, Campus Udlapk - Author

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Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Agron, Catedra Ecol, Inst Invest Fisiol & Ecol Vinculadas Agr IFEVA CO, Buenos Aires - Author

Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Earth Res Inst - Author

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Univ Potsdam, Plant Ecol & Nat Conservat - Author

Univ Pretoria, Ctr Microbial Ecol & Genom, Dept Biochem Genet & Microbiol - Author

Univ Pretoria, Dept Plant & Soil Sci - Author

Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Biol & Geol Fis & Quim Inorgan - Author

Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Desert Ecol Res Grp, Sydney - Author

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Univ Talca, Inst Invest Interdisciplinaria I3 - Author

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Utah State Univ, Dept Environm & Soc - Author

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Abstract

Mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) constitutes a major fraction of global soil carbon and is assumed less sensitive to climate than particulate organic carbon (POC) due to protection by minerals. Despite its importance for long-term carbon storage, the response of MAOC to changing climates in drylands, which cover more than 40% of the global land area, remains unexplored. Here we assess topsoil organic carbon fractions across global drylands using a standardized field survey in 326 plots from 25 countries and 6 continents. We find that soil biogeochemistry explained the majority of variation in both MAOC and POC. Both carbon fractions decreased with increases in mean annual temperature and reductions in precipitation, with MAOC responding similarly to POC. Therefore, our results suggest that ongoing climate warming and aridification may result in unforeseen carbon losses across global drylands, and that the protective role of minerals may not dampen these effects..

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Keywords

Climate actionEcosystemsMatterMicrobial biomassUncertaintyWater

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The work has been published in the journal Nature Climate Change due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 1/191, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Studies. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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