Rolinski, Susanne; Prishchepov, Alexander V.; … - In: Regional Environmental Change 21 (2021) 3
the massive cropland abandonment after 1990 and of climate change on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in steppes of Russia … suggest for the entire VLC region (266 million hectares) that the historic cropland expansion resulted in emissions of 1.6⋅ 10 … cropland that has been abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union until 2050 may cause emissions of 3.5 (± 0.9) Pg carbon …