by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
The impact of human activities on hyper-arid deserts<\/strong> results in significant carbon loss. This phenomenon highlights the weight of the direct effects not only of typically critical events, such as fires, but also of various practices, including\u2014surprisingly\u2014some actions generally considered sustainable. This was revealed in a recent study<\/a> by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography<\/strong> of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n \u201cAnthropogenic disturbance is an important driver factor of global change, greatly affects the soil organic carbon (SOC) storage<\/strong>,\u201d says the research published in the journal Global Change Biology. \u201cHowever, the long-term impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on SOC stability in hyperarid deserts remain poorly understood.\u201d To uncover these dynamics, the authors conducted an experiment over a 16-year period.<\/p>\n