Soil carbon represents one-quarter of the potential of natural climate solutions, with 9 percent of the mitigation potential for wetlands and 47 percent for agriculture and grasslands. By holding carbon underground in soil, not only can further carbon emissions be prevented, but carbon dioxide can also be removed from the atmosphere, and ecosystem services can be supplied to farmers.
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have uncovered a massive global reserve of soil carbon, which could play a significant role in the fight against climate change. This hidden reservoir of carbon, sequestered underground through natural processes, is estimated to contain around 1,500 billion tonnes of carbon worldwide, making it the second largest active store of carbon after the oceans.