“The Soil Organic Matter Indicator combines two separate indicator models – the Soil Organic Carbon Change Indicator and the Relative Soil Organic Carbon Indicator – to assess how organic carbon levels in Canadian agricultural soils are changing over time. The indicator gives a useful picture of soil health and an estimate of how much carbon dioxide has been removed from the atmosphere by plants and stored, or sequestered, as soil organic carbon in agricultural soils. This indicator has tracked soil organic matter associated with Canadian agricultural activities from 1981 to 2016.”
