Projected changes in soil organic carbon for cropland 1990-2080

Figure Created 12 Nov 2009 Published 12 Nov 2009 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

Predicted changes in soil organic carbon for croplands 1990–2080. The image on the left shows changes due to climate change only while the map on the right shows changes as a result of variations in net primary production and the advent of new technologies related to crop management (e.g. machinery, pesticides, herbicides, agronomic knowledge of farmers) and breeding (development of higher yielding varieties through improved stress resistance and/or yield potential) that result in yield increases.

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30 Sep 2008

Temporal coverage:

1990-2050

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soer2010 , climate change , cropland , soil , carbon , thematic assessments

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Austria , Belgium , Czech Republic , Denmark , Europe , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom

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University of Aberdeen

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