Maintaining and if possible increasing the level of soil carbon are hot topics in agricultural and environmental research. Our research ranges from the processes controlling carbon storage in soil, to how to measure, monitor and model it at local to national scales.

At a glance

  • Dates2005-continuing
  • SponsorNational Environmental Research Council (NERC), Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • FundedApprox. 拢1.5 million

Current and recent projects

  • Soils Training And Research Studentships (STARS) Centre for Doctoral Training (NERC/BBSRC NE/M009106/1)
  • Soil Agricultural Research and Innovation Accelerator (AgRIA) Centre for Doctoral Training (Rothamsted Research–星空体育官网)
  • SOILS-R-GGREAT (NE/P019498/1)
  • A field laboratory for measuring whole-soil carbon balances and greenhouse gas fluxes under controlled temperature and moisture (Royal Society/Wolfson Foundation WL080021/Kirk)

Publications

McCloskey C., Otten W., Paterson E., Ingram B. & Kirk G.J.D. (2020) A field system for measuring plant and soil carbon fluxes using stable isotope methods. Eur. J. Soil Sci. doi:10.1111