authority: gcos
slug: soil-carbon
name: Soil Carbon
domain: land
subdomain: biosphere
authority_id: gcos:soil-carbon
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: soil_carbon_content
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: carbon-content
    entity: soil
canonical_units: kg m-2
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Stocks of soil organic and inorganic carbon, mapped from point profiles
  (WoSIS), digital soil mapping (SoilGrids) and emerging hyperspectral
  retrievals. Largest terrestrial carbon pool and a major mitigation lever.
theme: soil
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/soil-carbon