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Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump

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Microorganisms and minerals both contribute to organic carbon preservation and accumulation in soil. The soil microbial carbon pump describes the microbial processes, but a separate soil mineral carbon pump needs to be acknowledged and investigated.

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Fig. 1: The soil mineral and microbial carbon pumps.

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This research project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 725613 MinOrg) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA28020103 and XDA28020101). We also acknowledge NERC Highlight Topic Grant (NE/S004963/1 Locked Up) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32241037). M. Z is funded by the 100 Talents program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (E251520401).

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  1. School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ke-Qing Xiao, Oliver W. Moore, Alba Otero-Fariña & Caroline L. Peacock

  2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

    Yao Zhao

  3. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

    Chao Liang

  4. Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Mingyu Zhao

  5. Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China

    Yong-Guan Zhu

  6. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Yong-Guan Zhu

  7. Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo, China

    Yong-Guan Zhu

  8. School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK

    Karen Johnson

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Xiao, KQ., Zhao, Y., Liang, C. et al. Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump. Nat Rev Earth Environ 4, 135–136 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00396-y

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