Sequestering carbon in soils of arid ecosystems

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-454

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon trading; Desertification; Information technology; Nanotechnology; Restoration; Secondary carbonates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARID ECOSYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIOCARBON; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; CARBON TRADING; CULTURAL FACTORS; DESERTIFICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MUTUAL REINFORCEMENT; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SANDY SOILS; SECONDARY CARBONATES; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEQUESTERING CARBON; SINK CAPACITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; STRONG LINK; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL SINKS; WORLD BANK;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONATES; COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LAND USE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE; DESERTIFICATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT RESTORATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EID: 68749105907     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.934     Document Type: Article

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