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Soil carbon stocks and changes in the Republic of Ireland [An article from: Journal of Environmental Management]
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Author(s)R.W. Tomlinson
PublisherElsevier
ISBN / ASINB000RR42X2
ISBN-13978B000RR42X8
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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The soil carbon (C) stock of the Republic of Ireland is estimated to have been 2048Mt in 1990 and 2021Mt in 2000. Peat holds around 53% of the soil C stock, but on 17% of the land area. The C density of soils (tCha^-^1) is mapped at 2kmx2km resolution. The greatest soil C densities occur where deep raised bogs are the dominant soil; in these grid squares C density can reach 3000tCha^-^1. Most of the loss of soil C between 1990 and 2000-up to 23MtC (1% of 1990 soil C stock)-was through industrial peat extraction. The average annual change in soil C stocks from 1990 to 2000 due to land use change was estimated at around 0.02% of the 1990 stock. Considering uncertainties in the data used to calculate soil C stocks and changes, the small average annual 'loss' could be regarded as 'no change'.
Description:
The soil carbon (C) stock of the Republic of Ireland is estimated to have been 2048Mt in 1990 and 2021Mt in 2000. Peat holds around 53% of the soil C stock, but on 17% of the land area. The C density of soils (tCha^-^1) is mapped at 2kmx2km resolution. The greatest soil C densities occur where deep raised bogs are the dominant soil; in these grid squares C density can reach 3000tCha^-^1. Most of the loss of soil C between 1990 and 2000-up to 23MtC (1% of 1990 soil C stock)-was through industrial peat extraction. The average annual change in soil C stocks from 1990 to 2000 due to land use change was estimated at around 0.02% of the 1990 stock. Considering uncertainties in the data used to calculate soil C stocks and changes, the small average annual 'loss' could be regarded as 'no change'.
