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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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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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Climate actionEcosystemsMatterMicrobial biomassUncertaintyWater

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

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 1/110, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Studies. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-30:

  • Open Alex: 1
  • WoS: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-30:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 76.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 73 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 45.23.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 32 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 13 - Climate Action, with a probability of 70% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Algeria; Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; China; Ecuador; France; Germany; Hungary; Iran; Israel; Italy; Jerusalem; Kenya; Mexico; Mongolia; Namibia; Palestine; Portugal; Saudi Arabia; South African Republic; Switzerland; Tunisia; United Kingdom; United States of America; Venezuela.