New paper "How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption?" accepted in Biogeochemistry Letters

In this study, we compiled a large dataset that measures the potential for DOC to bond with mineral surfaces. We then defined a statistical relationship between this potential and other characteristics that were measured on the same soils, such as the clay content, the pH, and the mean temperature at the location where the soils were sampled. Using this relationship, we estimated that 107 ± 13 Pg of carbon could bond to soil minerals if we consider the soil down to 1 m in depth for six out of the twelve soil orders on Earth. We also described the spatial patterns in this potential, as well as differences between shallow and deep soils. Keep an eye out for this open-access paper! Meanwhile all of the analysis scripts and most of the data files can be found here.