RSTCB

The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance (RSTCB)

Completed


Type of Structure: program
Regional Scope: continental in the area: Europe
Parent Organisations: esf
Child Organisations:
Duration : 2002 to 2007 COMPLETED
Contact Address: no office contact defined


General information and objectives

  • To increase confidence in soil carbon flux and stock change estimates to generate datasets that are reliable and consistent.
    - To develop a new generation of models describing soil carbon dynamics.
    - To investigate the effects of perturbation on soil carbon balance and the potential for mitigation of carbon missions.

    Carbon stored in soils represents the largest terrestrial carbon pool.  Knowledge of the dynamics of this pool is essential if we are to understand the terrestrial carbon balance as a whole.  Without this knowledge we will be severely lacking in our understanding of the global carbon cycle, and we can have little hope of predicting what will be the impacts of climate change.  This Programme therefore aims to bring together soil carbon researchers to create a whole-Europe perspective on the role of soils in the terrestrial carbon balance.


    Last update: 5/8/22
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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