Constraining the world's deep soil carbon stores in riverine corridors
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Constraining the world's deep soil carbon stores in riverine corridors
PI: Michael Lamb
Research Team: Harrison Martin
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Climate Science Initiative, Ecology and Biosphere Engineering Initiative, and Water Resources Initiative
2025 Explorer grant
The carbon below our feet is unseen, unexplored, and one of the key uncertainties in global climate projections. We propose to quantify deep carbon stores in river corridors, which are vulnerable to rapid river reworking and could be one of the largest pools of organic carbon on Earth.