TY - JOUR

T1 - Carbon polygons and carbon offsets

T2 - Current state, key challenges and pedological aspects

AU - Abakumov, Evgeny

AU - Polyakov, Vyacheslav

N1 - Abakumov, E.; Polyakov, V. Carbon Polygons and Carbon Offsets: Current State, Key Challenges and Pedological Aspects. Agronomy 2021, 11, 2013. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11102013

PY - 2021/10/7

Y1 - 2021/10/7

N2 - Russia holds the largest store of carbon in soils, forests and permafrost grounds. Carbon, stored in a stabilized form, plays an important role in the balance of the global biogeochemical cycle and greenhouse gases. Thus, recalcitrance of soil organic matter to mineralization results in a decrease in current emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. At the same time, stabilization of organic matter in the form of humus due to organo–mineral interactions leads to the sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere into soils and biosediments. Thus, global carbon balance is essentially determined by soil cover state and stability. Currently, Russia is faced with a set of problems regarding carbon offsets and the carbon economy. One of the methods used to evaluate carbon stocks in ecosystems and verify offsets rates is carbon polygons, which are currently being organized, or are under organization, in various regions of Russia. This discussion addresses the current issues surrounding the methods and methodology of carbon polygons and their pedological organization and function.

AB - Russia holds the largest store of carbon in soils, forests and permafrost grounds. Carbon, stored in a stabilized form, plays an important role in the balance of the global biogeochemical cycle and greenhouse gases. Thus, recalcitrance of soil organic matter to mineralization results in a decrease in current emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. At the same time, stabilization of organic matter in the form of humus due to organo–mineral interactions leads to the sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere into soils and biosediments. Thus, global carbon balance is essentially determined by soil cover state and stability. Currently, Russia is faced with a set of problems regarding carbon offsets and the carbon economy. One of the methods used to evaluate carbon stocks in ecosystems and verify offsets rates is carbon polygons, which are currently being organized, or are under organization, in various regions of Russia. This discussion addresses the current issues surrounding the methods and methodology of carbon polygons and their pedological organization and function.

KW - Carbon balance

KW - Carbon polygons

KW - Carbon sequestration

KW - Climate change

KW - Soil organic matter

KW - SOILS

KW - carbon sequestration

KW - ORGANIC-MATTER

KW - carbon balance

KW - CLIMATE-CHANGE

KW - MOLECULAR COMPOSITION

KW - soil organic matter

KW - FOREST

KW - carbon polygons

KW - CO2 EMISSION

KW - PERMAFROST CARBON

KW - DYNAMICS

KW - HUMIC SUBSTANCES

KW - STOCKS

KW - climate change

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U2 - 10.3390/agronomy11102013

DO - 10.3390/agronomy11102013

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85117251116

VL - 11

JO - Agronomy

JF - Agronomy

SN - 2073-4395

IS - 10

M1 - 2013

ER -