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Original article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112722003498?via%3Dihub

This is gonna be even harder to measure than with forests. I do think we should account for carbon sequestration in soil, but it's far harder to measure and find homogenous enough soil. Plus, with the way forest carbon accounting has ended up, it'll be a sham anyway.

I want this to work, but the logistics of digging one soil pit versus some quick work with a prism and notebook to account for carbon is something which gives me pause.

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This makes no sense. How can they not be taking this into account? Microrrhizal fungi is incredibly important in soil systems and overall function.

It makes no sense at all that they haven't been taking this into account

Agreed.

North America was fundamentally changed in the last ice age to be dependent on fungi breaking down soil matter, as the native worms were frozen to extinction.

It’s interesting because we know enough about fungi to know it’s a fundamental aspect of the ecosystem, but continue to learn more as to its individual impact.

Because every species of fungi operates slightly differently, a homogenous model may not be ever be adequately functional due to the sheer number of species and regional differences alone.

Highly recommend people join mycological groups for more information. They are fun and often get scientists in their meetings to impart more knowledge to us plebiscites.

One of the things I like about biology in general is there's probably too much for any one person to learn so you can always learn more.

Now, 2022, even little sections of it like mycology have too much for any individual to learn. So you can always learn more, no matter how much you know.

This can be expanded to the science of most anything.

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Plebes ... a plebiscite is something entirely different :)

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How wrong are the current measurements in the worst case scenario?

We at least need to bury the notion that the earth will ever create more coal from atmospheric carbon dioxide. Coal deposition stopped when fungi learned how to eat wood, and the carbon budget hasn’t been the same since.

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Because it's not simple to quantify. We're still figuring it out. You'd be surprised how little research has been done in this area.

I am definitely already surprised by how little research has been done in this area.