Building trust in soil carbon as a climate solution requires stronger evidence
As policymakers, markets, and the public look to soil carbon sequestration as a key climate solution, new research led by Yale School of the Environment scientists warns that current methods for measuring success may not be up to the task.
Oat field in Delta County, CO.
photo by Sarah Ruiz
In a comment published in Nature Climate Change, Mark Bradford, the E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology, and Yale School of the Environment research scientists Sara Kuebbing and Alexander Polussa ’25 PhD, together with colleagues Emily Oldfield ’05, ’11 MESc, ’19 PhD, of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Jonathan Sanderman of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, argue that the scientific evidence supporting soil carbon’s role in mitigating climate change remains too weak to meet the standards required for policy and carbon markets.
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