Latest Publications
Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil organic carbon stocks due to plantation expansion and other land use changes in Kerala, India (1972–2020)
Increasing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), the largest terrestrial carbon pool, through proper land management has been suggested as a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change. In this context, it is important to understand the impacts of land transformations on regional SOC stocks. The study spatially analyzed the tree plantation expansion in Kerala, India, along with other land transformations in the last five decades and its effect on surface (0–30 cm) Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) density and stocks.
Large-scale spatial assessment of soil organic carbon, pH and their interrelation in Indian agricultural soils using Soil Health Card big data
Large-scale soil sampling efforts have been undertaken in India since 2015 under the Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme. This study integrates 39 million+ soil measurements from SHC into a geospatial framework to study two important soil properties— Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) content and pH. The study provides maps of mean and uncertainty at village level for SOC content and pH in surface (0–15cm) agriculture soils in India, and further analyzes the varying relationship between them across major Agro-Ecological Regions (AERs) in the country.