Long-term Carbon Storage in Cryoturbeated Arctic Soils
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
FP7-ERANET-2009-RTD
Main participants
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Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
1090/2011-321
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Long-term Carbon Storage in Cryoturbeated Arctic Soils
Annotation in Czech
The total organic carbon pool of soils (SOC) of the circum-arctic permafrost zone has been estimated to contain ~400 Gt C in the upper 1m and as much as 747 Gt C in the upper 3m, excluding peatlands and carbon in deep loess sediment. This is more than today?s global atmospheric C pool (730 Gt C). This globally significant C reservoir is vulnerable to climate warming through permafrost thawing and may thus become a future source of a large amount of CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere. The amount of SOC storedin arctic soils remains poorly constrained, which is especially true for arctic Russia. There is increasing evidence that a significant proportion of this SOC is stored in the subducted organic matter of Cryosols, suggesting that cryoturbation may be one of the most important mechanisms of arctic carbon storage. The overarching goal of CryoCARB is to advance organic carbon estimates for cryoturbated soils, focusing on the Eurasian Arctic and to understand the vulnerability of these carbon stocks in
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
CEP classification - main branch
DF - Pedology
CEP - secondary branch
EH - Ecology - communities
CEP - another secondary branch
EE - Microbiology, virology
OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
10606 - Microbiology<br>10607 - Virology<br>10618 - Ecology<br>10619 - Biodiversity conservation<br>40104 - Soil science
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
May 1, 2010
Realization period - end
May 1, 2013
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Apr 18, 2012
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP14-MSM-7E-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Jun 30, 2014
Finance
Total approved costs
4,301 thou. CZK
Public financial support
4,301 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK