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The soil carbon erosion paradox

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Erosion is typically thought to degrade soil resources. However, the redistribution of soil carbon across the landscape, caused by erosion, can actually lead to a substantial sink for atmospheric CO2.

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Figure 1: Accounting for soil carbon erosion.

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  1. Jonathan Sanderman is at the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA,

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  2. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is at the Life and Environmental Sciences Unit, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA,

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