A soil carbon sequestration bible. Review of “Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration” edited by Cornelia Rumpel, Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 2023

Summary

The potential contribution of soils to climate mitigation is a topic of great importance. Hence the new volume in the Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Sciences entitled Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration” and edited by Cornelia Rumpel is of interest not only to the Agricultural Science community, but to scientists in general as well as to policy makers. The book is divided into four
parts, from understanding via measuring to fostering carbon sequestration in soils, and a final part on socioeconomic, legal and policy issues. With its 887 pages, it is a rather heavy (nearly 1.5 kg) and pricy (£170) volume, but of course each of the 29 chapters can be obtained and read individually.