The effects of releasing carbon from the terrestrial pool into the atmosphere have significant long-term and short-term implications that affect many parts of our globe. Agricultural fields might help to address these concerns and provide cost-effective solutions, such as lowering carbon dioxide levels (CO₂) in the atmosphere while raising carbon levels in the soil. In order to increase agricultural land's potential to absorb and store carbon, the proper selection of suitable microbial inoculants with the capability to sequester carbon into soils is critical. Soil quality and characteristics would improve as a result, and atmospheric carbon would therefore be reduced. Soil microbes have the potential to influence the level of organic matter, which has an impact on the soil's ecological system and characteristics. Soil microbes play a role in carbon sequestration in soils by regulating multiple and distinct pathways for CO₂ inputs and losses, such as biochemical processes that could sequester CO₂, the capacity to sediment carbonates, the rigid nature of their components and vegetative tissues, or the composition of complex substances that preserve carbon in the soil. Further research is needed to investigate if particular microbial strains that can sequester carbon will help enhance soil quality and prevent climate change.

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利用微生物的力量实现可持续发展：减缓气候变化和可持续粮食安全

将碳从陆地池释放到大气中的影响具有重大的长期和短期影响，影响着地球的许多地区。农业领域可能有助于解决这些问题并提供具有成本效益的解决方案，例如降低大气中的二氧化碳水平（CO ₂），同时提高土壤中的碳水平。为了增加农田吸收和储存碳的潜力，正确选择能够将碳封存到土壤中的合适微生物接种剂至关重要。土壤质量和特性将因此得到改善，大气中的碳也会因此减少。土壤微生物有可能影响有机质的水平，从而对土壤的生态系统和特性产生影响。土壤微生物通过调节多种不同的 CO ₂输入和损失途径，例如可以封存 CO ₂的生化过程、沉积碳酸盐的能力、其成分和营养组织的刚性性质，或保存土壤中碳的复杂物质的组成。需要进一步的研究来调查可以固碳的特定微生物菌株是否有助于提高土壤质量和防止气候变化。