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Human activity is driving up atmospheric carbon dioxide, leading to shifts in temperature, precipitation, and carbon levels that alter natural soil and plant cycles. These changing conditions affect plant nutrition by modifying processes such as decomposition, mineralisation, nutrient loss, and leaching in the soil. Capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it in the soil through plants offers dual benefits, aiding climate change mitigation whilst improving soil fertility and nutrient availability. Implementing effective soil management practices that ensure carbon inputs exceed outputs is vital for supporting both carbon storage and plant nutrient uptake. This is particularly relevant for sustaining and boosting agricultural yields to support food security in developing nations. While many uncertainties remain regarding the broader consequences of climate change on crop nutrition and global food output, adopting targeted management strategies can positively shape these soil dynamics.
Rising carbon dioxide and changing weather patterns threaten the stability of plant nutrients and crop production worldwide. Understanding how soil carbon capture can simultaneously reduce atmospheric carbon and restore soil health provides a pathway to safeguard agricultural output. This knowledge is especially critical for developing countries facing heightened risks to food security under changing environmental conditions.
The abstract points to the application of effective soil management practices to enhance carbon sequestration and improve crop nutrition, which could inform agricultural extension services and farm management programmes. Given that this work is a review of existing literature rather than a trial of a specific tool or product, it sits at an early, conceptual stage far from direct commercial deployment.
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The climate is one of the key elements impacting several cycles connected to soil and plant systems, as well as plant production, soil quality, and environmental quality. Due to heightened human activity, the rate of CO2 is rising in the atmosphere. Changing climatic conditions (such as temperature, CO2, and precipitation) influence plant nutrition in a range of ways, comprising mineralization, decomposition, leaching, and losing nutrients in the soil. Soil carbon sequestration plays an essential function—not only in climate change mitigation but also in plant nutrient accessibility and soil fertility. As a result, there is a significant interest globally in soil carbon capture from atmospheric CO2 and sequestration in the soil via plants. Adopting effective management methods and increasing soil carbon inputs over outputs will consequently play a crucial role in soil carbon sequestration (SCseq) and plant nutrition. As a result, boosting agricultural yield is necessary for food security, notoriously in developing countries. Several unanswered problems remain regarding climate change and its impacts on plant nutrition and global food output, which will be elucidated over time. This review provides several remarkable pieces of information about the influence of changing climatic variables on plant nutrients (availability and uptake). Additionally, it addresses the effect of soil carbon sequestration, as one of climate change mitigations, on plant nutrition and how relevant management practices can positively influence this.
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DOI: 10.3390/su14020914
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