Jonas Ardö
Professor
Soil carbon sequestration and climate change in semi-arid Sudan
Author
Summary, in English
Climate change poses risk for natural and human systems in Africa. Increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns is likely to affect agriculture, pastoralism and forestry. Mitigation of increasing atmospheric concentration of CO2 through soil carbon sequestration in semi-arid ecosystems may be beneficial to soil properties and cultivation. This paper describes and discusses soil carbon sequestration in relation to climate change in semi-arid regions, with special attention to the Sudan. It is anticipated that adaptation to climate changes is a more reasonable way to cope with future climate change than mitigation through soil carbon sequestration, especially for low emitting countries in Africa such as the Sudan.
Department/s
- Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
140-163
Publication/Series
Sudan Academy of Sciences Journal-Special Issue (Climate Change)
Volume
11
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Sudan Academy of Sciences
Topic
- Physical Geography
Keywords
- climate change
- adaptation
- GHGs
- mitigation
Status
Published
Research group
- remote sensing
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1816-8272