Soil carbon is the generic name for carbon held within the soil, primarily in association with its organic content. Soil carbon is the largest terrestrial pool of carbon (2,200 Gigatonnes (Gt) ). Humans increasingly influence the size of this pool. Soil carbon plays a key role in the carbon cycle and thus is important in global climate models.
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“There will be mud on the carpet tonight
and blood in the gravy as well.
The wifebeater is out,
the childbeater is out
eating soil and drinking bullets from a cup.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)