Reduced erosion augments soil carbon storage under cover crops

This dataset comprises field measurements of soil organic carbon erosion and soil organic carbon stock from 152 paired control and cover crop treatments, collected from 57 published studies worldwide. It also provides related information on the collected study sites, including climate (mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation), geography (slope and altitude), soil properties (silt+clay and SOC concentration), and agricultural management (cover crop species, tillage intensity and experimental duration). Furthermore, it includes the estimated effect sizes of soil organic carbon erosion reduction induced by cover crops in agricultural lands at the global scale.