Paper: “Long-Term Climate Change Mitigation Potential with Organic Matter Management on Grasslands,” Ecological Applications 25, no. 2 (2015): 531–545, 2015 by the Ecological Society of America
Research Team: Melanie D. Hartman, William J. Parton, Marcia S. DeLonge and Whendee L. Silver (Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins)
Findings: Using field data from previous studies, this paper modeled patterns in C and greenhouse gas dynamics following compost applications on three soil types and over long time periods (100 y). Results indicated that C storage would persist for 30 to 100 years, and that compost application resulted in a long-term increase in C capture and associated nutrient cycling. Few differences were seen when applying small amounts for multiple years versus a single one-time application. Compost with lower C:N ratios led to greater sequestration but higher N2O emissions.
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