State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China
Siyi Sun, Ji Liu, Jiacong Zhou, Yixuan Zhang, Zhisheng An & Ji Chen
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Siyi Sun
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
M. Francesca Cotrufo & Paige Hansen
Soil & Landscape Science, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
R. A. Viscarra Rossel
Institute of Ecology, Chair of Soil Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Carsten W. Mueller
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Carsten W. Mueller
Soil Science Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Morimaru Kida
Department of Soil Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ailsa G. Hardie
AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Alec Mackay & Ronaldo Vibart
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Alexander H. Krichels
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Alexander H. Krichels & Peter M. Homyak
Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Soil Science and Soil Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Wulf Amelung
Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Amit Kumar
Laboratory of Soil Science, Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia
Azamat Suleymanov
Department of Geodesy, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Ufa University of Science and Technology, Ufa, Russia
Azamat Suleymanov
Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Baoku Shi
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
Bernard Jackson Cosby & Inma Lebron
Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
César Plaza & Pablo García-Palacios
Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
César Plaza
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
César Terrer
Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Chang Liang
Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology and Health in Universities of Yunnan Province, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
Chang Liao, Jianping Wu & Xiaoli Cheng
Soil Science, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Christopher Just
State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Ding Guo
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Emanuele Lugato
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Enqing Hou, Guoxiang Niu, Xiankai Lu & Zhanfeng Liu
College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
Fan Ding
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
Fazhu Zhao
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Feng Tao
Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fernando T. Maestre
Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Franco Bilotto
Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Fuzhong Wu
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Unidad Integrada Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gisela V. García & Guillermo A. Studdert
College of Resources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Farmland Pollution Control and Agricultural Resources Use, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
Gongwen Luo
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China
Guangxuan Han
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez
LART-IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gervasio Piñeiro
Departamento de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Gervasio Piñeiro
Departamento de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Centro de Energía, Concepción, Chile
Gustavo Saiz
State Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, College of Carbon Neutrality, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
Haikuo Zhang & Yanjiang Cai
Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Hamada Abdelrahman
Soil and Crop sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Haodi Xu & Yiqi Luo
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
Irina Kurganova & Vyacheslav M. Semenov
School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Jennifer Blesh
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Jeppe Å. Kristensen
Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), Section of Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Jeppe Å. Kristensen
Centre of Environmental Studies, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India
Jitendra Ahirwal
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Junji Cao
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
Jørgen E. Olesen
Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Jørgen E. Olesen
Chair of Soil Science, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Karin Kauer
Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
Katerina Georgiou
Department of Geography, Faculty of Environment, Society and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Kees Jan van Groenigen
Earth and Life Institution, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Kristof Van Oost & Pengzhi Zhao
Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Kwame Agyei Frimpong
State Key Laboratory for Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Lei Deng, Liang Guo & Xiaorong Wei
GFZ, Helmholtz Center for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Liane G. Benning
Department of Environmental Science, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe
Lizzie Mujuru
Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Maoz Dor
Department of Soil Science and Engineering, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran
Mehdi Rahmati
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Mehdi Rahmati & Roland Bol
College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
Min Luo
Department of Soil Science, CvO University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Olga Kalinina
Section for Aquatic Biology and Toxicology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Olli Hyvärinen
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Pablo García-Palacios
Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Patra Rounak
Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China
Pengpeng Duan & Wei Zhang
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK
Pengzhi Zhao
Agricultural Science Center, New Mexico State University, Clovis, NM, USA
Rajan Ghimire
Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Akademija, Kedainiai District, Lithuania
Renaldas Žydelis
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Ruiying Chang
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Ruyi Luo
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), BuenosAires, Argentina
Sebastián Villarino
College of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
Shuai Xue
Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Shuli Niu & Yan Yang
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Shuotong Chen
Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Tengfei Yu
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Steven J. Hall
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Thomas Kätterer
Key State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for the Regulation of Soil Biological Functions and One Health of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
Tida Ge
Soil Science Discipline, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Vusumuzi Erick Mbanjwa
State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Weixing Liu & Yuyi Li
Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Weiyu Shi
Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Research, Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wolfgang Wanek
Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Wolfram Buss
East China Coastal Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, China
Xiangrong Cheng
College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Xiaojun Shi
Institute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing, China
Xiaotong Liu
Northeast Asia Ecosystem Carbon Sink Research Center (NACC), Center for Ecological Research, Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Xuhui Zhou
Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Mazandaran, Iran
Yahya Kooch
School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Yangquanwei Zhong
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Landscape Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization in Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Yunbin Qin
CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
Yunting Fang
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Yuting Liang & Zengming Chen
Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Zhaoliang Song
Institute of Agriculture Remote Sensing and Information Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Zhongkui Luo
Guanzhong Plain Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Treatment National Observation and Research Station, Xi’an, China
Ji Chen
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Ji Chen
S.S. conceived the study together with Ji Chen. S. S. collected data from peer-reviewed articles. A.H.K., B.S., B.J.C., Chang Liao, D.G., E.H., F.Z., F.T.M., F.B., F.W., G.V.G., G.L., G.H., G.A.S., G.H.-R., G.N., G.S., I.L., J.B., J.W., K.K., K.G., L.D., L.G., M.D.-B., M.D., M.L., M.K., O.K., P.R., P.D., P.Z., R.A.V. R., R.V., R.C., R.L., S.V., S.X., S.N., S.C., T.Y., T.G., W.L., W.S., W.W., W.B., Xiangrong Cheng, X.L., X.S., Xiaoli Cheng, X.W., X.L., X.Z., Y.K., Yangquanwei Zhong, Y.C., Y.Y., Yuyi Li, Z.C., Zhanfeng Liu, and Zhongkui Luo provided their unpublished data. S.S. conducted the analyses and performed visualization, with contributions from F.T., H.X., and Yiqi Luo. S.S., Ji Chen, M.F.C., R.A.V.R., and K.J.v.G. wrote the manuscript. A.G.H., A.M., A.H.K., W.A., A.K., A.S., B.S., B. J.C., C.P., C.T., Chang Liang, Chang Liao, C.J., D.G., E.L., E.H., F.D., F.Z., F.T., F.T.M., F.B., F.W., G.V.G., G.L., G.H., G.A.S., G.H.-R., G.N., G.P., G.S., H.Z., H.A., H.X., I.L., I.K., J.B., J.Å.K., J.L., J.Z., J W., J.A., Junji Cao, J.E.O., K.K., K.G., K.V.O., K.A.F., L.D., L.G.B., L.G., L.M., M.D.-B., M.D., M.R., M.L., O.K., O.H., P.G.-P., P.H., P.R., P.D., P.Z., P.M.H., R.G., R.Ž., R.B., R.V., R.C., R.L., S.V., S.X., S.N., S.C., T.Y., S.J.H., T.K., T.G., V.E.M., V.M.S., W.L., W.S., W.Z., W.W., W.B., Xiangrong Cheng, X.L., X.S., Xiaoli Cheng, X.W., X.L., X.Z., Y.K., Yangquanwei Zhong, Y.C., Y.Y., Yiqi Luo, Yixuan Zhang, Y.Q., Y.F., Yuting Liang, Yuyi Li, Z.C., Zhanfeng Liu, Z.S., Zhongkui Luo, and Z.A. edited the manuscript. M.F.C., R.A.V.R., C.W.M., M.K., K.J.v.G., Z.A., and Ji Chen edited the manuscript and contributed to the discussion on the effects of climate change on particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
