Soils in the critical zone sustain life --providing benefits to society such as a medium for plant growth, water purification and climate regulation. Indeed, soils store three times the amount of carbon than the atmosphere, and may be a source or sink to the atmosphere with changing climate and land management practices, yet major gaps exist in our understanding of the processes controlling soil carbon storage. Scientists from Idaho State University, USDA Agricultural Research Service and Boise State University are establishing the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory in Southwest Idaho with goal of being the leader in critical zone carbon science, improving prediction of soil carbon, and being a magnet for global climate and biogeochemistry modeling.
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