Back in 2018, Dr. Annise Dobson and I (Justin Richardson) implemented a plan to investigate how surface soils behave and if climate accelerates C and nutrient biogeochemistry.
We have published are first round of results, showing soil development after 4 years of deploying the same soil material in columns at six sites from Virginia to New Hampshire.
Changes in organic horizon carbon and nutrient pools with mean annual temperature after 4 years of soil development.
Organic horizon carbon, nitrogen, calcium, magnesium potassium and phosphorus pools were smaller at warmer sites.
Transplanted mineral soil carbon and nutrient pools along the climate gradient. Few significant trends, only K pools changed with mean annual temperature over the 4 years.
