Soil Organic Carbon Change Detection Over a Decade: Measurement Uncertainty Against Claimed Sequestration

Authors

  • Gudbjorg Fridjonsson Centre for Carbon Monitoring, Fljotsdalur Centre for Digital Agriculture, Egilsstadir, Iceland Author
  • Ignacy Janiszewski Department of Soil Science, Lubelszczyzna Institute of Agro-Informatics, Pulawy, Poland Author
  • Emilian Bordeianu Centre for Carbon Monitoring, Campia Institute of Agro-Informatics, Rosiori de Vede, Romania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22665707

Keywords:

Soil Organic Carbon Change Detection Over a Decade; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

Soil Organic Carbon Change Detection Over a Decade has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can
actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for soil organic carbon
change detection over a decade, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where
practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective,
context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2026-07-17