Depth dependence of soil organic carbon additional storage capacity in different soil types by the 2050 target for carbon neutrality

Chirol, Clémentine; Séré, Geoffroy; Redon, Paul-Olivier; Chenu, Claire; Derrien, Delphine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Original research article

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05 Feb 2025

Original research article |

| 05 Feb 2025

Depth dependence of soil organic carbon additional storage capacity in different soil types by the 2050 target for carbon neutrality

Clémentine Chirol, Geoffroy Séré, Paul-Olivier Redon, Claire Chenu, and Delphine Derrien

Data sets

Analyses physico-chimiques des sites du Réseau de Mesures de la Qualité des Sols (RMQS) du territoire métropolitain pour la 1ère campagne (2000-2009) avec coordonnées théoriques INRAE et al. https://doi.org/10.15454/QSXKGA

Raw bulk density and coarse fragment data of the first campaign of the French Soil Quality Monitoring Network INRAE et al. https://doi.org/10.57745/7Y3G5W

CORINE Land Cover 2018 (Raster 100 m), Europe, 6-Yearly-Version 2020_20u1, May 202 European Environment Agency https://doi.org/10.2909/960998c1-1870-4e82-8051-6485205ebbac

Short summary

This work maps both current soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and the SOC that can be realistically added to soils over 25 years under a scenario of management strategies promoting plant productivity. We consider how soil type influences current and maximum SOC stocks regionally. Over 25 years, land use and management have the strongest influence on SOC accrual, but certain soil types have disproportionate SOC stocks at depths that need to be preserved.